A coalition of climate and transport advocacy groups has filed Court proceedings against Auckland Transport and Auckland Council in relation to a recently adopted land transport plan that fails to provide for any meaningful reduction in carbon emissions.

The Advertising Standards Complaints Board has upheld a complaint by Lawyers for Climate Action NZ about an advertising campaign by Firstgas which contained greenwashing and misleading statements about “zero carbon gas”. The Board has ordered the adverts to be withdrawn.

The Annual General Meeting of Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc will be held at 1pm on Monday 9 August 2021.

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.