New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions have slightly fallen, the
latest data shows.
Numbers from the Greenhouse Gas Inventory, the country's official record of emissions from human activities, shows the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gases being produced dropped 0.1 percent between 2023 and 2024.
Once forests and other carbon sinks were taken into account, net emissions fell two percent, from 56 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent gases to 55 million tonnes.