New Zealand is at the centre of a row at the Cancun climate change talks over proposals to adjust the way in which carbon is accounted for in trees. Environmental groups say that the Land Use Land Use Change (LULUCF) [ More ] [ Read More ]
Climate Change Negotiations Minister Tim Groser has been asked to lead a key strand of the climate talks which have just begun in Cancun, Mexico.The talks he has been asked to facilitate at Cancun relate to the issue of measurement,..
[ Read More ]Survey shows climate change ranks lowest among issues and concerns about its costs have risen
Press Release: Greenhouse Policy Coalition
Overall, New Zealanders rank climate change at the bottom of their list of major issues and more people are growing concerned about [ More ] [ Read More ]
New Zealand negotiators have made headway towards removing an obstacle to flexible land use in the Kyoto Protocol, though it is far from a done deal.
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[ Read More ]New Zealand officials have rejected claims by Canadian conservation groups that proposals to change the carbon accounting rules for harvested forests was “cheating”. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry adviser Bryan Smith said the use of exotic plantation trees as carbon "sinks" [ More ] [ Read More ]
