AGRICULTURAL NEWS - New Zealand lawmakers have approved a bill that commits the country to being carbon neutral by the year 2050.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was grateful that during the past decade, the country’s parliament had moved from debating whether global warming was real to discussing how to mitigate it.
New Zealand had an advantage as it already generated 80% of its electricity from renewable energy resources, and that percentage was set to increase by 2035 as offshore oil and gas were phased out.
The government was also working on transitioning from petrol and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles.
In addition, the country had committed to planting one billion trees by 2028, according to local media reports.
A methane loophole was, however, added to the bill to protect farmers, who were responsible for a large portion of foreign income, the reports added.
