An experimental visa for people from the Pacific
displaced by climate change is to be investigated by the Government.
Climate Change Minister and Greens leader James
Shaw said the intention was to work with the Pacific Islands in the coming
months and years on an experimental humanitarian visa category for people from
the Pacific displaced by rising seas caused by climate change.
At the same time, he did not want to send a message
that the Government was giving up on the top priority, which was to "try
to prevent catastrophic climate change and therefore have there be no need for
people to be displaced", Shaw told Radio NZ.
The goal of New Zealand becoming carbon neutral by
2050 was consistent with the ambitions of the Pacific Islands.
The big question was whether there would be changes
to the 2030 target, which the Greens had criticised as inadequate while they
were in opposition, Shaw said.
"Of course when you have a new target of
becoming carbon neutral by 2050, then the existing 2030 target starts to look
inconsistent with that. So we are looking at reviewing that next year."
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