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Alliance on Climate

Just transition to net-zero; adapt to climate change impacts

The Alliance says climate change is a serious threat to New Zealand. They want to use a range of strategies to help New Zealand adjust to more extreme weather. They also want to play a part in the worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach a net-zero economy. They say this change should be fair, with workers in fossil fuel industries helped to retrain for new, secure, well-paid jobs.

What they say they'll do

Deploy adaptation strategies to adjust to increasingly extreme weather caused by climate change
Contribute to global efforts to mitigate climate change and prevent untrammelled global warming
Transition to a net-zero economy through a just transition that supports fossil fuel workers to retrain for new well-paid, secure jobs
Introduce a carbon tax
Return electricity and water to public ownership

Who this affects

Workers in fossil fuel industries

The Alliance says these workers would be supported to retrain for new well-paid, secure jobs as part of a just transition to a net-zero economy.

Households and communities

The Alliance says adaptation strategies would be used to help communities deal with increasingly extreme weather events brought about by a changing climate.

Electricity consumers

The Alliance proposes returning electricity to public ownership as part of its environment and climate policy, which it says would affect how the electricity system is run and priced.

In their own words

“Environmental degradation and climate change pose an existential threat to every aspect of our society.”

“A just transition to a net-zero economy is needed to support workers in fossil fuel-based industries to retrain for new well-paid, secure jobs.”

“We must deploy a raft of adaptation strategies to adjust to the increasingly extreme weather brought about by a changing climate.”

Verify at Alliance — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from Alliance’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-14) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Climate →

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