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New Zealand's "ambitious" emissions target fails to impress greens

Yvonne Chan in Hong Kong

10 August 2009 • 2 min read

Government announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 10 and 20 per cent by 2020

New Zealand has today said it will set a carbon emissions reduction target of between 10 and 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, with a final decision on the precise goal to be made at the UN-backed...

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