Labour Party - Speeches

Resource Recovery and Carbon Emissions: what's up in New Zealand

20.08.2008

Environment Minister Trevor Mallard's speech at the Zero Waste and Zero Carbon Conference

Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, Ashburton

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Hello and welcome to the Zero Waste and Zero Carbon conference. It is a pleasure to be here today and I would like to offer my thanks to Zero Waste Trust and Wastebusters Trust Canterbury for organising this ... more +

Tackling climate change downunder

David Parker

18.08.2008

The Australian Government’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol last year was an important milestone. It provided greater opportunity for our countries to work together and to learn from each other, as we look for ways to bring about the changes needed. Both of our countries are moving to establish emissions trading schemes. This will be a cornerstone of our responses to climate change. It will see the cost of greenhouse gas emissions reflected in our economies, into all investment decisions. Increases in emissions cost. Lower emissions are rewarded. To be efficient an emissions trading scheme must create a marginal cost for increases in emissions and a marginal benefit for decreases. Both our schemes do this.

Address at the opening of the 4th Australia and New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference

5.45pm, 18 August 2008

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MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards

Pete Hodgson

14.08.2008

Good evening young achievers, supporters of young achievers and distinguished guests. I would like to welcome you along with representatives of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and the major sponsors of the MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards.

It's a pleasure to be here tonight to celebrate the achievements of our young scientists, in particular, this year's award winners.

Tonight, as we gather to recognise the excellence of our young science leaders, we have the opportunity to reflect on the vital role young scientists play in ... more +