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There is no way New Zealand can honour the Paris Agreement without buying offshore credits and the government needs to be upfront about that, the opposition says.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis cast fresh doubt on whether New Zealand will pay for the offshore carbon credits it currently needs to meet its 2030 promise to halve greenhouse gas emissions.
She also backed away from a full commitment to meeting that goal, known as a 'nationally determined contribution', saying the government was making "best endeavours".
The most recent analysis from the Ministry for the Environment shows that, even with domestic climate ch
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