New Zealand vows to halve emissions by 2050

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Plans to turn the All Blacks green branded "unambitious" by opposition

New Zealand is the latest country to set a long-term carbon cutting target, aiming to halve its emissions from 1990 levels by 2050. Minister for Climate Change Nick Smith said that major changes to...

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