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With the world in rāhui, you& #39;d be forgiven for expecting an unprecedented reduction in carbon emissions. I did. If you did too, you& #39;d be half right.
We have seen the largest drop in emissions in recent history. But they& #39;re only projected to drop by 5.5%.
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We have seen the largest drop in emissions in recent history. But they& #39;re only projected to drop by 5.5%.
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This tells us that the steps we have to take moving forward are far more radical than the ones we& #39;ve taken so far.
Solving the climate crisis will take the strength we& #39;ve found within ourselves over the past month. We& #39;ll need to work together, as a team of almost 8 billion.
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Solving the climate crisis will take the strength we& #39;ve found within ourselves over the past month. We& #39;ll need to work together, as a team of almost 8 billion.
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We& #39;ll need to value the things that are real: like people, and the planet, and the fundamental laws of nature. And we& #39;ll need to rethink the things we& #39;ve created, like the economy and our political and social systems.
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These systems exist to serve us. When they fail, it is our responsibility to dismantle them. I& #39;ve been thinking less about the systems lately, which can be hard to explain, and instead about the tangible changes that our systems must deliver. Coming out of lockdown:
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1. I& #39;d like to live in a climate-friendly home (and neighbourhood, and city). 40% of the world& #39;s emissions are expended to produce heating and electricity. New Zealand is not a particularly cold country, and our terrible housing contributes to our need for energy.
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We could live in homes designed for our climate. Homes that remain cool in the hot and warm in the cold, and allow our children to grow up safe and healthy.
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2. I& #39;d like to work closer to home. Every day I& #39;ve worked from home this lockdown, I& #39;ve been gifted 3 extra hours. That& #39;s 15 hours a week I& #39;ve spent growing and making and learning and loving.
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I dream of co-working spaces where we work near where we live. We could share childcare in the very same building, and all be home minutes after leaving work. We& #39;d work with our neighbours and our children& #39;s friends parents, and we& #39;d rebuild our communities every single day.
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3. I& #39;d like to never worry about money again. Over the last month, homelessness was eradicated in New Zealand. This demonstrated that poverty is a policy choice. Not a choice made by parents or families, but one made by politicians, and by voters.
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As we come out of this, we have a choice to let people struggle or to give them and their children the best chance at a meaningful life. This involves redistributing the wealth in New Zealand, taking it from those to whom it means a yacht or 51st rental property, and
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