Right now, international climate negotiations in Mexico are heating up -- but powerful timber companies are lobbying New Zealand for special favours which would undermine the talks. climate Minister Tim Groser is already at the summit, and we have just days left to shift his position -- let’s call on him to oppose loopholes for loggers!

Forests are a key line of defence against climate change, because trees absorb global warming pollution. Limiting the destruction of forests is a keystone of any climate treaty. But logging companies are seeking to duck their climate obligations, lobbying the Ministry of the Environment for a massive exemption from accounting for the environmental costs of commercial tree-cutting.

It’s not too late to stop this sham. Let’s send a resounding message from New Zealanders to safeguard our forests and climate, not sell them out to big industry. Send your urgent message to Groser -- it will be sent to him directly and delivered in Cancun, by the NZ youth delegation before the talks end on Friday: