The clock is ticking on global warming, the Dominion-Post warned this week ahead of the Climate Change Summit in Glasgow.
The opening paragraph of the report was ominous:
“Even after countries — excluding NZ — unveiled ambitious new pledges to cut emissions, it’s still not enough to achieve the global of 1.5 degrees Celsius of climate warming, a new report found.”
The article points out that NZ has been notably absent from the burst of announcements that have been made, but suggests we may make our declaration in Glasgow.
It argues that, as a small economy, NZ’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) will not sway the dial much.
But Green co-leader James Shaw, who is representing NZ at the conference, may find anything he says is not greeted with applause. NZ, like Australia, is regarded as a laggard on climate change. Continue reading “NZ has yet to announce climate-warming pledge for Glasgow summit but RBNZ is developing guidance for our finance sector”