New Zealand has made a step forward with the passing of the Zero Carbon Act, but lax enforcement and an unwillingness to tackle agricultural emissions has seen New Zealand once again slapped with an "insufficient" grade from the Climate Action Tracker. This is the sixth time in a row New Zealand has been marked "insufficient". The emissions trading scheme, which is meant to be the government's primary way of reducing pollution from large companies, was also labelled as ineffective. The scheme requires companies to buy carbon credits to offset their emissions, but the scheme has been gutted by a series of half-measures. JOE LLOYD/STUFF New Zealand's climate policies have been labelled 'insufficient'.

Source: Stuff December 05, 2019 00:56 UTC