What if we took climate change seriously, rather than paying lip service? What if we actually cut out fossil fuels, intensive dairying, building on flood plains? What if we implemented those international reports and agreements? What would change in farming, in city life? How would we deal to the 1.5 degrees warming that’s already baked in? 

Jessica Palairet is a lawyer and Executive Director of Lawyers for Climate Action. She has a Masters of Law from New York University, where she specialised in international law and climate change. Jessica previously worked as an International Human Rights Law Fellow at the United Nations.

Jonathan Boston is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at Victoria University. His research interests include climate change policy, both mitigation and adaptation. He was a member of the Expert Working Group on Managed Retreat for the Ministry for the Environment, and also assisted the Environmental Defence Society with their project on climate change adaptation. 

Kay Harrison is an independent consultant who works internationally in the fight against climate change. She is Honorary Fellow of the International Emissions Trading Association, and until mid-2024 she was New Zealand’s Climate Change Ambassador, representing us at international climate change meetings, summits and negotiations.