The Opportunities Party says climate change is real and caused by people. They want to make the Emissions Trading Scheme stronger by including farming emissions and keeping pine trees out of carbon credits. They want to help councils deal with flooding and heat, reward landowners who store carbon in soil and wetlands, and improve air quality through economic incentives.
“Climate change is real, is caused by human activity and is already here.”
“Strengthen the Emissions Trading Scheme by adding a mechanism for agricultural emissions, excluding new exotic forestry and ensuring the Climate Change Commission sets budgets.”
“Support programmes that reward carbon sequestration via soil, wetlands and other biodiversity-rich projects, instead of pine trees.”
Summarised neutrally from The Opportunities Party’s own official policy (as at 2026-06-26) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Climate →
TOP would set a 30 GW renewable capacity target for 2050 — roughly triple today’s — locked in through a 25-year cross-party Energy Strategy. New generation would be underwritten by a Capacity Investment Scheme modelled on Australia’s. Four energy regulators would merge into one, and 29 distribution companies into six to eight. The Crown’s dividends from its gentailer shareholdings, about $500 million a year, would be ringfenced to pay for household and community electrification.
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