New Zealand’s carbon emissions are on the way down – thanks in part to policies now under threat
- Written by: Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
It may have been largely overlooked in the election debates, but New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are finally on the way down.
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels are the lowest since 1999 and the 12-month renewable share of electricity is back above 90% for the first time since 1981. The Ministry for the...
