Nats support net zero

Wellington: The National Party supports greenhouse gas emissions budgets set yesterday by the Government, continuing a run of crossparty collaboration on climate change.

The budgets set limits on how much carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gasses the country can emit over three periods up to 2035, as part of a longterm target of net zero emissions by 2050 and limiting global warming to under 1.5degC.

Climate Change Minister James Shaw described the budgets yesterday as a ‘‘sinking lid’’ on the path to zero emissions by 2050.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon said they support the targets and budgets, continuing the crossparty support that got the Zero Carbon Act over the line back in 2019. —