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New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissions

  • Written by: Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
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If your next car is not electric, then it must be much smaller than your last one.

Scientists have warned that the world needs to halve emissions every decade to keep global warming less than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.

The government of Aotearoa New Zealand aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

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