Swarbrick ChlöeCHLÖE SWARBRICK (Green): E Te Māngai tēnā koe. Tēnā koutou e Te Whare. I wonder if the argument that the member for ACT has just progressed around our 0.2 percent having no impact on the environment applies so too to the polling of the ACT Party. The science has been largely addressed so far—predominantly by the Hon James Shaw Minister for Climate Change. As has been raised by multiple members in this House this is an issue of both the head and the heart. So let's get on with it.This weekend I was at a panel with politicians representing parties across this Parliament. We were asked questions by hundreds of young people who were present about the actions that we as their representatives intend to take on climate change. The answers and discussion largely actually reflected the debate which we have so far had in this House today. Politicians spoke about the economy as if the environment the planet our home the conditions required for human life are something to be addressed when the finances are in order.After that panel I was approached by some young people from the audience. A young man asked me why politicians blame poor people for their political inaction on this climate crisis. He said If our concern was increasing inequality we could help those poor people now and ensure everybody is in a position to live a decent life let alone be prepared and resilient in the face of climate change to come." Some in this House have belittled the rangatahi who took to the streets to be active in their involvement in advocating for their future telling them to "Stay in school." I found that our young people demonstrate a resolute courage and far more moral clarity than many of the representatives in this Chamber who patronise them.With all of this talk about the economy I thought—as some speak about it as though it's some kind of untouchable deity—that I'd like to quote the economist John Maynard Keynes who said and I agree that "Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." We've heard the arguments progressed by the Leader of the Opposition that we cannot pretend that this bill won't impact the economy—and he's right. We also can't pretend that climate change won't impact the economy.The Hon Simon Bridges said that "We need to have an honest conversation about the costs and the trade-offs" and we do. The reality of climate change is that insurers are retreating from engaging in contracts with seaside properties. The reality of climate change is that billions of dollars are being sent offshore to pay for countries' inaction—whether it's sending money to fulfil our targets for the Paris Agreement or whether it's the taxpayer or the ratepayer picking up the bill to clean up our air and our waterways and build the retaining walls required due to the disproportionate pollution spilled by corporations in their mission to privatise resource and therefore profit. They do not pay the real costs of production. The climate is changing regardless of whether we do.Our farmers are seeing less seasonal predictability increasing droughts and fires and extreme weather events are exacerbating food shortages among the world's poorest and are driving greater human migration and conflict and refugee numbers. The honourable Todd Muller said in his speech that the "Idea that our collective effort will [have an impact] is nonsense." referring to our 0.17 percent contribution to global emissions. Where is the ambition that the National Party so frequently talks about? As the Hon James Shaw is on the record saying multiple times "If we were to add up every country that contributes less than 1 percent to global emissions together we contribute a third of all of those global emissions." So where's the leadership? Where is the global responsibility?The honourable Todd Muller also said that New Zealand will never look the same—and he's right. New Zealand won't look the same. Regional New Zealand won't look the same whether we act or not but the best chance that we have to protect people from the worst of climate change is to provide them with the certainty and the predictability that this bill shows. It is to proactively provide support for transition. It is not to sit back to sit on our hands and to watch the waters rise. This bill will now go to the Environment Committee which includes nine MPs from across this House myself included and the public has a say in what this bill becomes; I say they submit."