James Shaw

"I'm not done yet".

Ousted Green Party co-leader James Shaw has confirmed he will stand again for the role.

A third of voting members chose to reopen nominations rather than re-elect him as… Audio

The government has moved to ensure the country's biggest polluters will have to do more to meet climate targets, and won't issue any more free pollution credits from 2024.

Climate Minister James Shaw… Audio

The election of Australia's new prime minister means there's an opportunity for changes in the trans-Tasman relationship. An advocate for 501 deportees says Australia has become our closest enemy. She… Audio

Climate activists are calling the government's plan to curb emissions, light on detail, full of fluff, and letting the worst polluters off the hook.

The Emissions Reduction Plan has hundreds of pages… Audio

A cash for clunkers scheme is part of the government plan to drive down emissions. It's starting with a trial of up to 2500 cars, targeting lower to middle income families.

They'll get a financial… Video, Audio

The government has finally unveiled Aotearoa's plan to tackle emissions - with a large price tag attached.

Transport and energy feature heavily, including a large investment into helping low and… Audio

Māori landowners are mulling legal action in an effort to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme, which would see plantation forests no longer eligible for carbon credits.

That's due… Audio

A report shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in some parts of Aotearoa.

Projections unveiled in a government-funded programme show infrastructure and homes in certain… Audio

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says farmers need to take part in a scheme to reduce emissions, after the release of a stark climate change report.

The report has found that 83 per cent of net… Audio

Wild weather has affected large swathes of the North Island this week, causing widespread damage around Tairāwhiti where a state of local emergency was declared.

The Climate Change Minister James… Audio

When weird claims are made about bills and laws, where can you check the truth if you don’t have a degree in the arcana of legal drafting? Audio

Parliament’s precinct is being spring-cleaned and returned to order and the MPs are full of thanks, and a little causative finger pointing.      Audio

As we do every year on Morning Report, we like to pass on the seasons greetings from some of our most frequent political guests over the year.

Here's James Shaw and Marama Davidson from the Green… Audio

The Climate Change Minister doesn't expect world leaders to be happy about the draft agreement at the UN climate summit, but he's optimistic they will rise to meet it.

The seven page document urges… Audio

New Zealand is pushing to make sure the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow aren't just hot air. 

The Climate Change Minister James Shaw is co-leading work to set rules to verify countries are making the… Audio

Calling from Glasgow Minister for Climate James Shaw tells Karyn Hay who he is excited to speak to, transparency in New Zealand's relationship with China and what he hopes to achieve at Cop 26. Audio

New Zealand hasn't yet signed a global initiative announced overnight to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030.

More than 80 countries have already reportedly signed up to the… Audio

Cabinet meets today to decide whether to move the two regions out of alert level 3, step 1, as retailers plead with the government to ease alert level restrictions in Auckland and Waikato, to allow… Audio