James Shaw's valedictory - and his new roles

Posted: 01 May 2024

Former Green Party co-leader and Minister for Climate Change James Shaw has bowed out of Parliament, and has already revealed details of what he is doing next.

Shaw has delivered his valedictory speech to Parliament, and said he believed while the single greatest lever for change was in the world of politics, the second was in the world of finance.

Shortly after his speech wrapped up, it was revealed Shaw would join global infrastructure management company Morrison from July, and take on a director role at new investment management company Greenbridge Capital Management.

He is also joining Air New Zealand's Sustainability Advisory Panel and the board of the World Wide Fund for Nature New Zealand.

In his speech, Shaw said he was setting himself a five-year mission to reduce or remove 150 million tonnes of climate pollution from global emissions by 2030 (which is also New Zealand's Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement).

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