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While the world made some additional progress in 2022 to address climate change and protect nature, much remains to be done to overcome entrenched interests.

Statement from the Climate Governance Initiative following COP27 for board directors around the world to take action by ensuring their organisations take ownership of the much-needed change.

The ultimate aim of Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards is to support the allocation of capital towards activities that are consistent with a transition to a low-emissions, climate-resilient future.

Boards need to take their “treehugging” executive directors very seriously, says UK director, writer, academic and government advisor Sir Jonathon Porritt.

With agriculture creating almost half of New Zealand’s carbon emissions and a government proposal on pricing agricultural emissions just closed for consultation, it is easy to see why emotions are running high.

COP27 ended with calls for greater international co-operation and cohesion. We could start by asking our own politicians for more bipartisanship here in NZ.