On Wednesday 14 July at 4-5.30pm our president, Jenny Cooper QC, and member, Zoe Brentnall will be speaking about climate litigation at Koi Tū.

Today LCANZI filed High Court proceedings seeking judicial review of the Climate Change Commission’s advice to to the Minister for Climate Change.

The grounds for the action are that the Commission’s advice does not comply with the Climate Change Response Act or with Aotearoa New Zealand’s obligations under the Paris Agreement.

Last week, LCANZI wrote to the Minister for Climate Change, Hon James Shaw, regarding a significant error in the Climate Change Commission’s analysis on the updated NDC.

Tomorrow, Lloyd Kavanagh and Isabelle Smith will be appearing on behalf of LCANZI before the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Select Committee in support of LCANZI's submission on the climate-related disclosures regime.

Lawyers for Climate Action NZ (LCANZI) is deeply disappointed that the Climate Change Commission’s final advice today recommends emissions budgets to 2030 which would see Aotearoa New Zealand’s emissions continuing at a level higher than is compatible with keeping global warming to 1.5C.

The Government has today announced that the Mill Road project will not be going ahead.

LCANZI has submitted to the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Select Committee on the Bill that will implement the climate-related disclosures regime.

LCANZI calls on all its members to join the Bike Auckland rally at 10am on Sunday to get Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to Liberate The Lane! on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

On Sunday LCANZI made a submission on Auckland Council’s draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RTLP). LCANZI submits that the RLTP is unlawful. The law requires the RLTP to be “in the public interest”. The Council has made clear in its Climate Plan what this means: to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, including by reducing transport emissions by 64% from 2016 levels. The draft RTLP does not achieve this. Instead, it provides for transport emissions to increase 6% by 2031, or at best reduce by 12% if the Government puts in place certain policies.

On Saturday 8 May the EU ambassador to New Zealand will be showing a free screening of The Biggest Little Farm in Auckland at AUT at 5.30pm. It will be followed by a Q&A discussion with Dr David Hall on regenerative farming in New Zealand.

We encourage our Auckland LCANZI members to attend.

The Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, which will introduce the Climate-Related Financial Disclosures regime, has been introduced to Parliament.

Today, All Aboard Aotearoa filed a judicial review application against Waka Kotahi and the Waka Kotahi Waka Kotahi in the High Court at Wellington.

Yesterday we filed our submissions on the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice. We support the Commission’s objectives, but we have some significant concerns that need to be addressed.

LCANZ has prepared a factsheet on the proposed climate-related financial disclosures regime.

Today we had our first zoom webinar. We discussed the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice, and LCANZI’s intended submissions.

Read our letter to Hon Dr Megan Woods - Minister of Energy and Resources regarding the terms of the Mineral Exploration Permits: Block Offers 2019 and 2020.

OPINION: Cities are critical in the global effort to tackle climate change. On Friday, the climate-focused megacity organisation C40 announced that 54 of the world’s largest cities are on track to meet their obligations. These cities show what Auckland can achieve with the same commitment.

Auckland has been a C40 member since 2015; admitted – despite our smaller size – on the basis that we would be an “Innovator City”.

On 6 November 2020, LCANZI had the opportunity to meet with two members of The Climate Change Commission, Dr Carr and Mathew Smith. We followed up with two letters to The Climate Change Commission. The first letter outlined The Climate Change Commission’s legal obligation to ensure that its advice is consistent with the purposes of the Climate Change Response Act (CCRA). We then followed up with a further letter raising three issues which the Commission needs to get right in its advice on the NDC, emissions budgets and the emissions reduction plan.