Climate Change Minister Simon Watts On Our Paris Climate Agreement Targets

[@lynnedavies8056]

EXCELLENT interview Keep the pressure on these fools

[@steveabplanalp9607]

The Paris accord is utter BS. Stop the madness. New Zealand can trade on good reputation without a climate tax in the picture.

[@uhgfcfxhgfh]

$24b and the climate will not stop changing. Unbelievable waste of money

[@mcgruff3309]

Waste or theft?

[@operatorsix6933]

true....but the kick backs will be sooooo good...why stop now?.

[@robbyoung69]

It’s great to hear some real journalism, makes a bloody change

[@bradtucker420]

Good on ya Sean. That minister knows what's going on but he refuses to tell the public the whole story. We thought labour was corrupt. Hello national!

[@BillyHu]

Every time the minister tried to explain, Sean cut him off.

[@Forgetaboudit4487]

​@@BillyHuexplain what exactly? How paying money to Paris won't change the climate

[@gretchenbrown5587]

@@BillyHuno every time Sean asked him a question Simon Watts waffled and tried to dodge the question so Sean got him back on track to answer the question …..it was a very good interview , proves The Paris Accord is just another corrupt tax scam. He had no idea where the money went , and he lied about how much it’s going to cost the country , and the carbon scheme is planting our food producing land in pines , and he lied about meeting Fed Farmers , because I’m in farming pages and they say he refuses to meet with any farming group .And food producers are supposed to be exempt from caring tax , but thus go have invested $4 MILLION og tax payers money into a vaccine or bolus poison for cattle to stop them burping …..that’s definitely not going to be ‘optional ‘ and every person that eats should be worried about that because the side effects to humans is horrific

[@yolandascholten2012]

He’s shifty.

[@mikeodonovan9299]

Withdraw from Paris Accord now

[@JohanThiart]

Why … 😂 It is a forum for virtue seeking …. 😅 Paris agreement is a talking shop.

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

Withdraw from gaye Pari🌈

[@Colin_Izer1111]

@@JohanThiart "Virtue signaling" not seeking & for fraudulent science at that. 97% of Climate Psyentists agree........with whoever funds them.

[@barrygeary9362]

NZ CARBON emissions are so minimal we don't need the Paris ACCORD

[@mikeholling8830]

@@JohanThiartYeah but it’s costing us Billions of dollars that we don’t have, I guess we could oil up the printing machines again..if they’re not completely worn out.🤑

[@Smitty55888]

More like the minister of utter bullshit.

[@bob24611]

Fantastic video. Got to the nitty gritty. Lets ditch the stupid thing NOW. There is hope for us, from this lunacy after all.

[@AlanPapert-h7h]

Get out of Paris now !!!!

[@mo-p6x]

Hospitals, roads, houses, children's education, law & order to name a few.......this first please

[@RISE-327]

we should completely pull out of the Paris accord , it's a scam. Always pull out of crazy, dont even date one.

[@lynnebarnes3840]

Why do they make us recycle when it goes in the landfill anyway?

[@martinward7239]

Beats me

[@REwing]

@@lynnebarnes3840 bins are easier to empty, and the paper plastic and glass are not smelly!!!!!

[@Colin_Izer1111]

To keep up the illusion, it's all just window dressing.

[@lynnebarnes3840]

@REwing my rubbish doesn't stink, chook/pig scraps, compost gold, paper mostly fire lighting or cardboard weed control in the garden and mulch, I do a lot of my own, chutneys, fruit preserving, pickles and sauces, do not have much tin or glass bottles except when there's a party, but I'm saving my blue gin bottles for the earth ship dream I can't give up. It seems like BS if it's all going into landfill.

[@lynnebarnes3840]

@Colin_Izer1111 yep, and we dance like puppets.

[@REwing]

I can only imagine that no NZers really know what this is all about!!

[@justtowatch111]

No, I'm very sure that many people here do understand that it's a massive wealth transfer scam designed to destroy the Western World in order to help usher in a one world government of unelected psycho's.

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

We aren't all 🐑🐑🐑

[@justtowatch111]

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of Kiwi's that know the man made climate change hoax is nothing more than a tool to usher in a one world government.

[@operatorsix6933]

kick backs...money for bs,...nz has been groomed....and still is every day.

[@citizen4570]

Its all a out the money

[@davidprosser7278]

Doesn't he know there is a new president in the USA? Things have changed a tad. The Paris Agreement will be gone by then.

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

I hope you're correct David 🤞

[@operatorsix6933]

they have to make excuses and try to keep it going...or miss out on the kick backs... the nz public is being groomed and robbed 24/7.

[@kiwi73]

Brilliant interview!! actual, honest journalism! its like a flashback to the 1980's!

[@Kiwisail]

When the next election comes around Sean Plunket is THE only person capable of running a debate & asking the right questions. Leaves the Hosk for dead.

[@mikeholling8830]

The Hosk does a lot of fence sitting me thinks.🤔

[@andrewoh1663]

Excellent work Sean! I'm sick of these weak National politicians who won't stand up for what's right and proper. It's obvious that as we progress down this path, they're going to have to be more and more punitive to keep people complying.

[@brianhenderson4736]

Get out of the Paris climate Agreement along with all these Dictates

[@Murr912]

That Minister is good at trying to avoid answering the questions put to him. NZ is up for $Billions!!

[@nzm810]

Well done,facts simply tear their lies apart,what a pack of scammers and outright thieves!

[@annikafunnell8982]

Take the money and use it for something useful and tangible for New Zealand. Stop sending money into the global abyss when they main international pollution producers are not even part of the agreement!

[@gretchenbrown5587]

What money ? We have to borrow it and pay interest, the country is Broke thanks to JA and Robertson . We are in debt up to our eye balls

[@YouTubeCensorsComments]

“CO2 for different people has different attractions. After all, what is it? - it’s not a pollutant, it’s a product of every living creature’s breathing, it’s the product of all plant respiration, it is essential for plant life and photosynthesis, it’s a product of all industrial burning, it’s a product of driving‚ I mean, if you ever wanted a leverage point to control everything from exhalation to driving, this would be a dream. So it has a kind of fundamental attractiveness to bureaucratic mentality.” - Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Atmospheric Science, MIT

[@ianfaulkner238]

Sounds very like Max Bradford telling us decades ago that we'll have cheaper electricity if it's privatised, but electricity has gone up 12-15% most years since. I think there is alot he isn't telling Sean.

[@Manawatu_Al2844]

I was a teenager when those reforms went through, but still remember what Max Bradford said how we'd have cheaper electricity prices. BS we do, they've shot up, hell now we have factories closing down, people losing their jobs.

[@operatorsix6933]

the kick backs for this scam must be really good...

[@mikeholling8830]

For sure but how do you get on this gravy train? If you can find out let us know.😜

[@tim2muntu954]

Why should we reduce our emissions?

[@peterx2067]

To be fair, David Seymour explained these Paris Climate Accord obligations perfectly as did Craig Stobo and I can see where the government is coming from, they have little choice at the moment. They have committed to the bare minimum and both Seymour and Watts have got that message across. The only thing is National should have explained this instead of it having to be extracted like a rotten tooth. Agree with some Sean, let the man speak. He at least fronted!

[@greetingsfromnewzealand]

Just a gravy train.

[@geofflewis8599]

Visit Milford Sound, it's a huge glacial valley, gouged out by billions of tonnes of ice . Around 13,000 years ago it was buried under a mile of ice along with all the other fjords in the region. So where did all the ice go? - it melted due to global warming - in a process of glaciation interspersed by warming periods has happened more that 20 times in the past 2.5 million years.

[@martinward7239]

​@uhgfcfxhgfh I'll explain... The earths climate has always changed. It will continue to always change. NZ paying billions is not going to stop climate change

[@JeaneGenie]

The climate has always changed over the planets entire history. We don't need to waste taxpayer's money for a minister, it's ridiculous !

[@ronaldwarren1267]

New Zealand is under no obligation to pay china, India merica don't want to know about it nz is basically emissions free any how we shouldn't go broke over this vote on referendum

[@eileencoulter6263]

The people have not voted for this tax transfer ,this will distroy our economy, national you are not labour you do this your gone,its time you started working for us who pay your salaries

[@Motumatai3]

"Have you talked to them?" Good one.

[@DionNeems]

Very disappointing to hear a senior National politician being led by the nose to give the detail in the agreement. There's also no mention of what the ROI is for other global business opportunity. Like the last govt. these people are weak and will continue the drive of NZ up on to the rocks. AKA incompetence.

[@bradleycoe6972]

what a car crash this was.

[@RichardWithers-f8s]

Ducking and diving doing the usual politicians dance. What's he hiding

[@terryoneil1940]

1 term government from a 3 rd generation national supporter never again

[@catherineutting8284]

Yes ETS is a tax!! Talk to Groundswell Sean get there spin on it. Sadly Federated Farmers are going along with this nonsense 😮

[@k1w112]

No farting PPL go away mind controllers

[@gregg7617]

Pulling away from Tyrannus agreements is Paramount !😐🤨😠😡

[@druckerman247]

Another crock of shit.

[@joefingers1248]

I voted for Act & this co-olition Govt. I am getting more disgruntled by the minute. I thought I had voted for the right. This lot is so wishy washy. Also, Luxon has proved he's not equipped to be a politician, let alone a Prime Minister.

Not legally binding. No sanctions. So why are we going to allow ourselves to be extorted billions of dollars on an ongoing basis that goes to who and where? Who's large pockets syphon it? How many hospitals and infrastructure projects might this enormous sum of money pay for in NZ. This guy is so out of step with the current governments aims of balancing the books and putting more money in peoples pockets. Get rid of him like the big three countries have got rid of this Paris Agreement extortion.

[@kaytaylor9578]

Slippery as an eel in a plastic bag!

[@davidmccormick3742]

Thanks for the interview with The Hon Simon Watts; A shifty man who’s obviously Reluctant to Disclose much; Many New Zealanders will be hoping This conservative coalition would follow The USA 🇺🇸; Not Likely Though 😜👎

[@dsjjvfdjkdd]

0.1% of our GDP of ~$250B USD would be $250M USD $440M NZD sounds like a lot - is it right? he didn't say a number

[@ronaldwarren1267]

Cost 12000 each national just running with Cindy's agenda

[@Peter_Pepper_Love]

Hmmm, why am I not feeling Slyman 5 watts? 🤔

[@YouTubeCensorsComments]

"What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?" - Maurice Strong (First Director of the United Nations Environment Program)

[@julianowen7377]

Excellent interview Sean!

[@chrisbuckley94]

If as stated NZ farmers are the lowest carbon producers of food how can our customers be demanding lower targets of us, why don't we just tell them to go and buy food off the second or third best producers which would hurt their own climate targets.

[@AdamB9866]

So dumb. Invest the money in environmental programmes in NZ. National need to show some leadership. Invest in our countries clean, green future.

[@alanrumbold165]

It’s a con why do we bother !

[@debbielacey6229]

GET OUT NOW!!! It's a pack of BS..

[@odrumcmydna]

Ugh what did he say to that at the end!!!!

[@deanspanley4472]

Oh that why The summer has been crap, global warming 😮🎉😂

[@jenniehaxton1240]

While I appreciate you trying to keep Simon focused it was impossible to hear clearly what he had to or was trying to say because of your aggressive interruptions Sean

[@bootsandgear]

Seems like a man in a rut.

[@mxvega1097]

Wow. That was ... special. How's that economic growth agenda working out for ya?

[@douglasvoon9981]

Calm down Sean! Some of us want to hear the full answer.

[@jimnz8402]

Not me, I'd rather hear a direct answer to a direct question. Simon Watt's could easily say "It's not that simple, the reason for that is because x, y, z ..." But the typical response from people like that is to completely divert the line of questioning.

[@Bogg85]

Sean, you were waaay too aggressive in that interview. Possibly why you aren't getting more interview opportunities with the current government.

[@davemeechin6630]

Stop talking shit

[@iloveturtles-gv4gw]

Sean. For crying out loud....let the man speak. Citing the Minister's time scarcity is no excuse for you being rude and abrupt. It is up to the Minister to determine how much of his time he gives you.

[@IanRobinson-y4o]

You don't like being stood up do you Sean

[@Colin_Izer1111]

who does?

[@Clubs_88]

Stop being so agro and take 5 if you can't calm yourself down. Getting unpleasant to watch

[@philliprobertlawman2232]

Your getting more and more aggressive Sean, nobody will come on your show soon!!

[@Saracen-mn5cj]

He is too slippery for you

[@alanJones-c9l]

I love listening to The Platform but am tired of this continual talking-over of your guests while they are trying to answer your question.

[@beenflying1]

He only did it when they were avoiding the question, to keep them on track...

[@JohanThiart]

Wow .. Sean … shock jock! Your direction of travel will harm your charm. You are saying what you think your supporters want to hear … Ike mainstream media …. Ouch!!😫

[@uhgfcfxhgfh]

🤡

[@Sequoia690]

Minister watts sounds like a spin doctor and finds it hard to directly answer the question asked. The entire Paris Accord is a rort and an insult to NZ. It is simply a huge cost for no gain that financially affects NZ deeply