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National and government disagree over international ambitions to cut emissions

James Shaw says National's lack of ambition over 30 years is to blame for big emissions cuts now.

Brent Edwards Thu, 20 May 2021

The National Party has panned an International Energy Agency (IEA) report setting a road map for the world to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 as unrealistic and too ambitious.

The 272-page report proposed immediately stopping any more fossil fuel supply projects, including no more investment in

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Brent Edwards Thu, 20 May 2021
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