31121 (2023). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister of Climate Change

31121 (2023). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister of Climate Change: When he said "the science tells us this, if we don't head in that trajectory [the phase out of fossil fuels], we don't limit warming to 1.5." was he aware of his Government's policy to restart offshore oil and gas exploration and the comments of the Executive Director of the IEA that "If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now – from this year,"?

Hon Simon Watts: I stand by the governments position that gas is an important transition fuel for maintaining New Zealand’s energy security while we electrify our economy.