Nearly six years ago, I had the privilege, along with the Hon James Shaw, as Opposition members of Parliament, of being part of New Zealand's delegation to the Paris climate talks. Over the course of those two weeks, representatives from Governments and civil society came together to wrestle with how, as a globe made up of individual nations, we could confront climate change. During that time, there were numerous conversations about how New Zealand could meet the targets that we were signing up for, and today marks the momentous milestone of putting in place the plan to do just that—to meet our obligations and to prepare for ambition. 