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Watts reckons NZ can hit net zero 2050 target six years early

The country is on track to meet its first emissions budget, even with changes in policy, Simon Watts says.

The Government has made changes to the first Emissions Reduction Plan as well as releasing the second plan.

Brent Edwards Wed, 11 Dec 2024

The coalition Government has released its second Emissions Reduction Plan, which Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says could get the country to its net zero 2050 target as early as 2044.

Watts said New Zealand needed to minimise the impacts of climate change on the country. “We can have

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Brent Edwards Wed, 11 Dec 2024
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