GLOBE New Zealand has launched an agenda-setting new report on how to get the country to net zero emissions in the second half of the century.

The high-level colloquium at the Senate Plenary Chamber, approved by the 81 Senate Members, provided a rare forum for debate among the three powers of government: executive, legislature and judiciary.

The new GLOBE International and UNEP discussion paper, ‘Bringing the 2015 Summits Home: An action agenda for legislators’ is now available for download in English and Spanish.

Under the leadership of Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim and Hon. Samuel Onuigbo the Chapter will focus on advancing the Green Economy in Nigeria in response to the crisis of an economic model based on fossil fuel exporting.

Since 2014 GLOBE parliamentarians have been working to promote a more integrated approach to the summits of 2015. The following articles by GLOBE members reflect some of the efforts underway since the last GLOBE Summit.