Jeanette Fitzsimons

If this MP has contributed more than once to a debate, only one speech is shown.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction—Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2020 Target (10 Feb 2010)

Question: "When he referred yesterday to avoiding “overly-ambitious climate change targets”, did he mean that the minimum target of 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says is necessary to keep global warming below 2 degrees, is overly ambitious?"

Valedictory Statement (10 Feb 2010)

Speech expand: "I thank the Hon Bill English for his kind words a moment ago, and I thank the House for agreeing to postpone dinner. Unfortunately, as I did not know the House was going to do that, I am afraid I will not be speaking for more than a minute or so past 6 o’clo ..."

Greenhouse Gas Reduction—International Targets (10 Dec 2009)

Question: "Which specific countries was he referring to in the House yesterday when he said in response to my question, “countries that will find it easier than us” should do better than 40 percent in order to offset New Zealand’s “failure to act” on climate change?"

Greenhouse Gas Reduction—2020 Target (9 Dec 2009)

Question: "Is he open to increasing New Zealand’s 2020 emissions reduction target when he is in Copenhagen next week, in light of new evidence that even if the most ambitious targets countries have put forward are met, the global average temperature will still rise by 3.5 degrees this century, making large parts of the world uninhabitable?"

Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill - In Committee (25 Nov 2009)

Speech expand: "I will begin by just briefly awhi-ing the Māori Party, which is a membership-based, grassroots party like the Greens. We know what that means. We know that it leads to some difficult internal decisions. We know what it is going through at the moment. The Māo ..."

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