January 30, 2024
James Shaw stepping back from Green leadership
James Shaw is stepping down as co-leader of the Green Party in March, but intends to stay on as an MP for the time being to support his member’s bill to make the right to a sustainable environment part of the Bill of Rights Act.
As Climate Change Minister Mr Shaw was the architect of New Zealand’s landmark climate change legislation, the Zero Carbon Act.
He says he’s proud of what the Green Party has achieved over the past eight years, including becoming a party of government, with ministers, for the first time in 2017.
It also made political history by increasing its support at the end of each of its two terms – a feat no other government support partner had achieved.
Mr Shaw says the 2023 election in which the Greens increased their caucus, including three electorate MPs, ushered in a new era for the party.
It’s time for a new co-leader to work alongside Marama Davidson to take the new caucus into the future.