This week, the Act Party made an unsurprising announcement: It will campaign in next year’s election on taking New Zealand out of the Paris Agreement.
It was an idea party leader David Seymour floated earlier in the year, saying the party would consider it as an official policy. This week it was confirmed – though subsequently shot down by PM Christopher Luxon, who said doing so would hurt Kiwi farmers.
Right now, it looks unlikely to be a policy that actually eventuates.
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