NATURE
Climate Action
The decisions we make today will shape our kid’s lives tomorrow. The time for climate action is now.
Climate change is here. It's in the landslides on our mountains, the droughts on our farms and the floods in our streets and homes.
Yet political action is gridlocked. Governments are stuck in a cycle of repealing and replacing each other’s policies - gutting investor confidence and wasting time & money along the way.
It's time to stop starting over, and get on with the real work of climate action - cutting emissions and preparing for the climate challenges ahead.
Opportunity will work across political lines to lock in policies that fix our carbon market and set enduring evidence-backed emissions targets. Within that plan, we'll cut emissions and everyday costs for families, businesses and farms through tax incentives, low-interest loans and nature-positive market-systems. To prepare for a climate-charged future of extreme weather, we’ll build a $5 billion climate resilience fund for community based resilience, and future proof our insurance and landscape planning systems.
In 2026, New Zealand ranked 44th out of 67 countries for climate and environmental protections. That is not good enough.
THREE PILLARS FOR A CLIMATE RESILIENT AOTEAROA:
Pillar 1
Cut emissions and everyday costs. Together.
Switching from fossil fuels to clean electricity protects our communities, economy and climate. And our bank balances too. That’s why Opportunity will:
- Help homes, businesses and our transport fleets to electrify with low-interest loans and tax breaks.
- Get industry off coal and gas with a $1 billion fund backed by ETS revenues.
- Restore strong climate reporting requirements for companies so they can understand their risks and invest for the future.
- Back farmers to cut biogenic methane and nitrous oxide emissions through cap-and-trade systems, biodiversity markets and innovative technology.
Pillar 2
Build our national climate resilience
To be safe and secure in a climate charged future, we’ll need to adapt. To meet the challenges ahead, Opportunity will:
- Create a National Insurance Support Framework for managing the retreat of our coastal and flood-prone communities.
- Expand the Natural Hazards Commission's role to better coordinate hazard data for councils, communities and iwi.
- Require clear climate-risk information on new homes, mortgages and insurance, so people can make informed decisions.
- Create a $5 billion Climate Resilience Fund, including $500 million for nature-based solutions that protect our communities.
Pillar 3
Lock in a long-term climate action plan
Climate policy shouldn't change every time the government does. To fix New Zealand’s carbon pricing system and restore the integrity of our emissions targets and budgets, Opportunity will:
- Implement carbon pricing changes to actually drive down emissions and reward nature-based carbon sinks.
- Refine forestry settings in the Emissions Trading Scheme to better protect rural communities.
- Support trade-exposed emitters to transition off fossil fuel faster.
- Restore the integrity of our Nationally Determined Contribution plan and implement the Climate Change Commission's advice on meeting our 2050 emissions reductions targets.
We can build a strong economy and a resilient climate at the same time.
