Does the Minister agree with University of Waikato law professor Alexander Gillespie who said of amending the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent findings of liability for tort for climate change “the clear problem is that not enough is being done to rectify the problem of climate change, especially in New Zealand, and accountability for what could be legal wrongs is being sidestepped”?

Asked by

Deborah Russell

List MP · Labour Party

• Does the Minister agree with University of Waikato law professor Alexander Gillespie who said of amending the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent findings of liability for tort for climate change “the clear problem is that not enough is being done to rectify the problem of climate change, especially in New Zealand, and accountability for what could be legal wrongs is being sidestepped”?