Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Green): It gives me great pleasure to rise in support of the first reading of this legislation. Climate change is the single biggest issue facing all of us, our children, and our children's children. I see the Hon David Bennett shaking his head—obviously a climate denier; won't surprise anyone, but we must act urgently in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if we want to have a chance of a habitable planet even this century. I really doubt that the Opposition is aware of how urgent and pressing the risks are. It is true that in New Zealand we have been less touched by climate catastrophes than other parts of the world, but it is still affecting New Zealand. We have floods and we have droughts on a more increased basis than what we used to because of human-caused climate change.