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Related: About this forumClimate change: New Zealand passes 'zero carbon' law
https://www.dw.com/en/climate-change-new-zealand-passes-zero-carbon-law/a-51145459Climate change: New Zealand passes 'zero carbon' law
New Zealand lawmakers on Thursday passed a "Zero Carbon" bill that it hopes will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a near-neutral level by 2050.
The legislation, which was supported on both sides of the political divide, mandates that in 40 years' time, the country should produce no greenhouse gases, except methane, as part of the country's efforts to meet its Paris climate accord commitments.
The bill has different regulations for methane emissions from animals versus other greenhouse gases, due to farming's important role in bringing in foreign income. However, it still aims to cut 10% of biological methane by 2030, and up to 47% by 2050.
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The bill also establishes an independent Climate Change Commission to advise the government on how to achieve its targets and to produce "carbon budgets" every five years informing how many emissions will be allowed in that period.
The government has also pledged it will plant 1 billion trees over 10 years and ensure that the electricity grid runs entirely from renewable energy by 2035.
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Climate change: New Zealand passes 'zero carbon' law (Original Post)
nitpicker
Nov 2019
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That's 200 trees per adult and child. It's doable. 20 trees per year. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)1. That's 200 trees per adult and child. It's doable. 20 trees per year. . . . nt
Farmer-Rick
(10,170 posts)2. Oh the filthy rich Americans trying to find a prepper mansion
May not like this.
The filthy rich here are getting off grid mansions in New Zealand because they think that after they destroy our climate and livability of our planet, they can live in New Zealand safe and sound with all their stolen money.
It's a plan...not a smart one, what will affect the entire planet will affect New Zealand too.
Better to use their stolen loot to save the planet and New Zealand.
But the filthy rich have always been very short sighted.
progree
(10,907 posts)3. More literally absolutely totally worthless declarations of wonderfully wonderful intentions nt