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"New
Zealand won’t be carbon neutral by 2050 without much stronger policies,
says an independent analysis by Climate Action Tracker.
The non-profit highlighted a lack of active policies for cutting
methane, spurring electric vehicles and boosting renewable energy.
Despite capping emissions, reforming the Emissions Trading
Scheme, and passing the Zero Carbon Act,
the Government is well off track for meeting a climate goal of curbing
heating below 2 degrees Celsius, let alone 1.5C (the goal of the Zero
Carbon Act), the analysis says.
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Our target under the Paris Agreement is rated “insufficient” – the same as last year. Climate Action Tracker says if all countries followed our example, the world would reach 3C hotter than pre-industrial levels.
New Zealand joins Australia, the European Union, Mexico and others in the insufficient group. India and the Philippines are among the small group rated compliant with a 2C goal or better.
On the positive side, a combination of new Government policies and
lockdown brought New Zealand’s expected emissions in 2030 down 8-17 per
cent from where they were headed last year, and the 2020 projections
down 14-23 per cent."
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