Forest & Bird says greenhouse gas targets require significant land use change

Forest & Bird says greenhouse gas targets require significant land use change
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard July 25 (BusinessDesk) - The Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society told the parliamentary environment select committee significant changes to land use are essential to reach proposed emission reduction targets. Forest & Bird argued the targets contained in the Climate Change Response Amendment Bill are “unambitious” and said the overall emissions neutrality target should cover all gases and the date should be brought forward to 2040 to drive earlier reductions. Regardless, “if we imagine we are going to hit any of th...

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