The irony of El Niño peaking over NZ as Government kills Ministry of Environment and does secret deals with Big Polluters

As TDB has been warning for months, the real possibility of a Super El Niño is upon us, the first in 150 years.

Last time the droughts and flooding killed 3% of the world population, this time it is compounded by the fertiliser blockage through the Strait that will miss the  planting season and risk 10 billion meals a week.

This time to our collective horror, El Niño may peak over NZ…

‘Well and truly on its way’: El Niño very likely to peak over NZ summer

An El Niño that peaks over the New Zealand summer is now very likely, bringing with it the risks of drought, extremely hot days and wildfire.

…to paraphrase 1990s supergroup, Destiny’s Child, “I do not believe that we are ready for this jelly’.

The irony is that we could face some of the most extreme climate change weather JUST AS this Government disestablishes the Ministry for the Environment at the same time as the Government is embroiled in a scandal involving the 7 Biggest Polluters secretly advising climate change policy.

We will be facing extreme weather events while voting on a Government who are protecting the polluters causing that extreme weather.