Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 17, 2018 16:20:43 GMT 12
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSULTATION CLOSED TO MĀORI VOICES
Māori climate change commissioner Donna Awatere Huata says officials are failing to engage Māori on climate change.
She says Māori and other community leaders in rural New Zealand are concerned about the costs and impact of the proposed 2050 climate zero target.
"Māori will be hit first and hit hardest in climate change yet in civil defence we are nowhere there, it is just an all white shop. In regional councils that are dealing with climate change, there is no Māori voice. It just seems to be one big closed shop." Ms Awatere Huata says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjA2MDY/Climate-change-consultation-closed-to-M%C4%81ori-voices
Māori climate change commissioner Donna Awatere Huata says officials are failing to engage Māori on climate change.
She says Māori and other community leaders in rural New Zealand are concerned about the costs and impact of the proposed 2050 climate zero target.
"Māori will be hit first and hit hardest in climate change yet in civil defence we are nowhere there, it is just an all white shop. In regional councils that are dealing with climate change, there is no Māori voice. It just seems to be one big closed shop." Ms Awatere Huata says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjA2MDY/Climate-change-consultation-closed-to-M%C4%81ori-voices