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Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane targets

November 14, 2025

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau’s leader says the world needs to be working toward reducing emissions and “not dropping targets”, in response to New Zealand slashing its methane reduction goals. Last month, the New Zealand government announced it would cut biogenic methane reduction targets to 14-24 percent below 2017 levels by 2050. The ... <a title="Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/palaus-leader-urges-stronger-climate-action-after-new-zealand-lowers-methane-targets/" aria-label="Read more about Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane targets">Read more</a>

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COP29: Does NZ have the credibility to lead carbon trading talks?

November 13, 2024

By Eloise Gibson, RNZ climate change correspondent New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is going to the global climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan next week, where he will be co-leading talks on international carbon trading. But the government has been unable to commit to using the trading mechanism he is leading high-level discussions about, ... <a title="COP29: Does NZ have the credibility to lead carbon trading talks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/13/cop29-does-nz-have-the-credibility-to-lead-carbon-trading-talks/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Does NZ have the credibility to lead carbon trading talks?">Read more</a>