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how New Zealand could reduce emissions faster and rely less on offsets to reach net zero

  • Written by David Hall, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
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Past reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had an otherworldly feel. The onset of climate change, let alone the low-emissions transition, seemed abstract and far away.

The current assessment cycle sounds and feels in media res, in the midst of things. The IPCC’s earlier report on climate...

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