Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Kia ora. On 8 April—last month actually—media around the globe carried the scientist headlines that we have 999 days to peak emissions. This means the world now has only 976 days. This is the stark new evidence provided in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on just how long we have to try and limit emissions under 1.5 degrees. While some might say we're all climate parliamentarians only some of us are active kaitiaki. We are well past time for inaction and clichés; well past time for delay. Papatūānuku is crying out for help.Rawiri and I met with Minister Shaw and made clear that Aotearoa needs more urgent and transformative action on reducing emissions. Te Paati Māori does not support the proposed emission budgets—it's disappointingly weak—as we believe that they should be tighter and more ambitious.In particular it is crucial that the budgets are updated to reflect the more urgent action that is needed on methane emissions. We are pushing for the Government on immediately putting a price on methane emissions phasing out synthetic fertilisers by 2025 and putting numbers on cow numbers. Aotearoa has the highest per-capita methane emissions in the world—six times the global average. It's humiliating. Annual methane emissions make up 42.7 percent of New Zealand's gross emissions. Farmers need the support and incentives to transition to regenerative agriculture; not false hope that things can continue the way they are. Te Paati Māori would also establish a $300 million Mātai Ahuwhenua innovation and support fund to incentivise farmers to transition to regenerative and value-added farming practices.In addition—we've spoken of policies aimed at reducing methane emissions—we would also target carbon emissions through ending new onshore oil and gas permits withdraw existing onshore and offshore gas permits within five years banning seabed mining permits nationwide and withdrawing existing seabed mining permits. We would establish a dedicated $1 billion Pūngao Auaha fund for community energy projects—solar panel installations on marae kura homes and papa kāinga housing developments.As Te Paati Māori spokesman for climate change I recognise and stand in support of iwi and Māori forestry opposition of proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme (ETS). The Government has made proposals around forestry credits in the ETS disenfranchising a thriving Māori economy on whenua that is and has always been ours. Changes to the way pines are dealt with in the ETS means that Māori land owners—whether iwi hapū or trust—will lose revenue further marginalising and discriminating against both our whenua and wealth potential which in the middle of cost of living crisis is cruel.We absolutely tautoko planting indigenous and natives and restoring our natural ecosystems; that lies at the heart of our vision for Aotearoa. However natives are significantly more expensive and take longer to suck up the carbon. So what could have been announced by Minister Shaw is a plan to incentivise the transition instead of negatively attacking those whānau who need the tautoko the most.Te Paati Māori are supporting Māori land owners who are calling for incentives and support to enable a greater uptake in native reforestation. The Minister is giving predominantly Pākehā farmers a free pass while punishing Māori land owners through these changes; that is not a just transition by any stretch of the imagination. It represents a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. A just transition will never be true if it ignores tangata whenua and that is what you are doing. The fact that the Minister knows it's weak is concerning. I feel real ahora for our Paati Kakariki who know better.In closing the protection of Papatūānuku and a stable global climate cannot be achieved without indigenous leadership and knowledge of the recognition of indigenous rights. In Aotearoa that means that whānau hapū and iwi must lead and the solutions must be our own. Nothing less will achieve the reductions in emissions needed to keep our mokopuna safe and well. Nō reira tēnā tātou e te Whare.