Oil mogul ensures opening of UN climate summit avoids any talk of phasing out fossil fuels
Foreign Affairs
Posted inClimate Change
Reviving oil and gas exploration will make NZ a ‘pariah’ state
Where climate change appears in the new Government’s coalition agreements, it is usually in the context of scrapping or deprioritising climate policies
Posted inClimate Change
Climate summit’s host ‘caught red-handed’ pushing fossil fuel projects
It’s not just the United Arab Emirates double-dealing on petroleum; even NZ is back-tracking on oil and gas commitments
Posted inOpinion
Stark warning in creative misuse of Covid funds
Covid fund was put to some questionable uses in NZ, but in Germany the government has just been severely censured, writes Oliver Hartwich
Posted inClimate Change
Global climate action still not enough – new report
Our chances of keeping warming below 1.5C are rapidly slipping away
Posted inComment
National’s tactical error in three-way talks
Coalition talks are dragging on in Auckland after National initially tried negotiating two separate deals with its governing partners
Posted inForeign Affairs
Sepuloni says forum ‘successful’ despite Nauru walkout
A walkout by one nation marred an otherwise undramatic summit, but the barriers to reconciliation are not insurmountable
Posted inForeign Affairs
National’s diplomatic fossil fuel problem
If National is seen as taking NZ two steps back for every step forward, it will face increasing pressure at diplomatic summits
Posted inForeign Affairs
Nauru drops out of Pacific leaders retreat
Nauru’s President drops out of an overnight Pacific leaders retreat to Aitutaki amid tension over an appointment
Posted inForeign Affairs
Slow coalition talks stifle NZ's voice at Pacific forum
At a time when the Pacific is the focus of increasing geopolitical tensions, NZ is unable to speak with a clear, authoritative voice.
Posted inForeign Affairs
Shadow of COP28 climate summit looms over Pacific Islands Forum
NZ's representatives at the Cook Islands summit hamstrung by the lack of a new government
Posted inForeign Affairs
NZ should rethink stance on Japan’s nuclear wastewater
Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down
