• When the Prime Minister’s own science adviser produced a report highlighting the serious degradation in New Zealand’s fresh water quality, Environment Minister Nick Smith called its conclusion “simplistic” in Parliament (see his second answer to Question 4).
• The Prime Minister refuses to acknowledge the scientifically proven link between climate change and the greater frequency of extreme weather events such as cyclones.

And so it’s high time for people who support science – including climate science – to speak up in its defence. On Saturday 22 April, you can do just that. Here is the information you need to take part.

NZ Marches for Science

Website:  https://www.marchforsciencenz.org/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/marchforscienceNZ/

On Saturday 22 April (Earth Day) Marches will be held in the following centres – click on your nearest centre’s link for event details:

• Auckland
• Palmerston North
• Wellington
• Christchurch
• Dunedin
• Queenstown (we don’t have any details for this one yet, sorry)

There is info about each of the marches on the website and Facebook page.

The New Zealand marches will be the first in the world.

The aims of the NZ marches are:

• To highlight that science is international
• To acknowledge that good scientists can be political
• To promote greater inclusion in science

Science includes social as well as physical sciences.

In a world of “alternative facts”, science is under attack. Spend a little of your time next Saturday helping to defend it.

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Why march? Because the Paris climate talks are starting soon, and the New Zealand Government has not only set a ridiculously weak target for emissions reductions, but has a track record of working hard behind the scenes with countries such as Australia, Canada, Russia and Saudi Arabia to prevent or weaken international action on climate change.

So let’s get as many people as possible involved all around the country. Let’s send our Government a message even they can’t ignore: we need real action on climate change, and we need it to start now.

PS: There’s still time to make your submission against Fonterra’s coal expansion plans – and check out this cool Fonterra AGM action by Auckland Coal Action.

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Whatever the outcome of Saturday’s General Election, urgent action will still be needed to halt and reverse the growth in greenhouse gas emissions and sharply reduce the risk of runaway climate change.

As part of a global Day of Action on climate change organised by Avaaz, there will be a People’s Climate March on Sunday 21 September in Auckland and in Nelson. Coal Action Network Aotearoa’s Jeanette Fitzsimons will be among the speakers at the Auckland event. If you can join either of these marches, we encourage you to do so – because the challenge of climate change has to be faced by all of us, including the incoming Government.

People’s Climate March Auckland

All climate change concerned citizens are invited to meet at Britomart on Sunday 21st September at 1pm to march up Queen Street to Aotea Square where there will be inspiring speakers and performers until 4pm including Lucy Lawless, Jeanette Fitzsimons, Laura O’Connell-Rapira, Steve Abel, musician SDJ and DJ Isaac Aesili to name a few!

The march is supported by Avaaz, a 38 million member strong global online civic movement that promotes activism on many pressing issues including climate change.  Auckland’s March is the FIRST of a huge, million people strong global movement of similar marches happening in more than 88 countries around world on the same day. From the photos and footage of these marches, Avaaz will create a presentation to show the UN Climate Change Summit delegates during a 15 minute time slot at the Summit in New York City. The Auckland People’s Climate March will also make it clear to Aotearoa’s own leaders how deeply we care climate change and the impacts of climate change on our Earth.

Please join ‘The People’ on Sunday 21^st September to lend your voice to help ‘close the gap between the world we have and the world most people, everywhere, want’ (Avaaz, 2014). Updates via Twitter @climatemarchAKL and please join the Facebook Event here People’s Climate March Auckland. To change everything, it takes everybody.

Please also sign the Global Avaaz Climate Petition that will also be presented to the UN Climate Summit delegates https://secure.avaaz.org/en/join_to_change_everything_rb/

CONTACT US:
Our Facebook Event : People’s Climate March Auckland
Our Twitter: @climatemarchAKL

People’s Climate March Nelson

Hit the Nelson streets with us, as we work with Avaaz.org in this Historic Global Event – People’s Climate March! Fun filled family afternoon. Face paint, music and dance.

www.climate-action-nelson.com

Buxton – Montgomery – Wakatu Car Parks from 12.30pm,
filtering over to Millers Acre Car Park by 1.30pm,…
leaving to begin our march to the Cathedral Steps by 2pm

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