Tagged: INDC

NZ emissions target announced: unambitious, ineffective and morally repugnant - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Jul 07, 2015 •

• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• COP21,
• emissions,
• INDC,
• Paris,
• targets,
• Tim Groser

Climate change minister Tim Groser today released New Zealand’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (pdf) to emissions reductions after 2020 — a 30% decrease on gross emissions in 2005, equivalent to an 11% reduction on 1990 levels. Groser’s press release described this as a “more ambitious climate change target” and “a significant increase on our current […] … Read More

The bear necessities of climate agreement in Lima - Hot Topic

Cindy Baxter • Dec 01, 2014 •

• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• COP20,
• Global climate fund,
• INDC,
• Lima,
• nz,
• Paris,
• UNFCCC

The population in the seaside capital of Peru, Lima, has grown exponentially in the last few days ahead of the latest round of UN climate talks, with  11,000 official delegates, 40,000 police, and thousands more who’ll attend the Peoples Climate Summit, all descending on the city. “The streets are filling up with gringos,” a horrified friend […] … Read More