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17 Nov 2025 21:55:03

COP30: NZ must commit to buying offshore credits to meet Paris target, climate experts say

Posted: 10 Nov 2025

Climate scientists and advocates say the government needs to come clean on how New Zealand plans to meet its first international climate target.

A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and as a New Zealand delegation heads to the annual UN COP climate summit, the government says its climate ambition has not changed.

But it is yet to commit any funding, or announce detailed agreements, to purchase the estimated billions of dollars of offshore carbon credits it needs to meet New Zealand's Paris obligations by the 2030 deadline.

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