Ms Lisa McLaren, of Masterton, QSM, for services to climate change advocacy
Ms Lisa McLaren, of Masterton, QSM, for services to climate change advocacy
Lisa McLaren is National Convener of the Zero Carbon Act campaign for Generation Zero, a non-partisan youth-led climate organisation that advocates for a carbon-neutral Aotearoa. She and her team developed and campaigned for the Zero Carbon Act, the draft of which went through the Parliamentary process during 2019. She has attended several United National climate change negotiations and is a board member of Track Zero, which promotes convergence of climate-change education and the arts. Ms McLaren has been one of 15 ‘next generation influencers’ with the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge and is currently completing her PhD.