By Robert McLachlan
Following this week’s climate emergency declaration, New Zealand will have to face up to the fact it has one of the worst climate records of industrialised nations. Of 43 industrialised countries, 31 are experiencing a drop in emissions. But 12 have seen net emissions increase between 1990 and 2018, and New Zealand is near the top of this group.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.planetaryecology.org/2020/12/08/new-zealand-needs-to-start-doing-its-fair-share-of-climate-action/