Category Sustainable Future

New Zealand will put $4 million towards the establishment of a fund for climate-related loss and damage in Vanuatu, with a Crown agreement to be signed this week. Nelson Kalo, the acting director of the Vanuatu Department of Climate Change,…

Legal advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) states the Government’s plans to repeal the 2018 ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration will “likely” breach New Zealand’s obligations in recent free trade agreements. Deals with…