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Support for climate action among right-leaning New Zealanders dropped from 52% to 29% between 2020 and 2023. Using NZES data, I look at how the left-right divide on climate is widening — in both policy support and belief in the science itself.
Most people accept climate change is real and worry about it — so why hasn't the world done more to combat climate change? The answer lies not in denial, but in how rarely climate change makes it to the top of voters' priority lists — a pattern visible across New Zealand and countries around the world.
Extreme weather keeps putting climate change in the headlines — but will it actually matter to New Zealand voters in 2026? The data suggests probably not.