this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
23 points (96.0% liked)

Aotearoa / New Zealand

1656 readers
12 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general

Rules:

FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom

 

Banner image by Bernard Spragg

Got an idea for next month's banner?

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] evanuggetpi 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

From early in the article

This is despite warnings from the International Energy Agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Institute for Sustainable Development and (as of last week) the UN Environment Programme that searching for new fossil fuels is not consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

[–] Fizz -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still don't think anyone cares what those agencies have to say. Nz won't become a pariah over this.

[–] jeff11 2 points 11 months ago

When I was a gullible teenager I would have sided with the WWF, but since I'm an adult now, I realise it's a lobby group with an agenda, and they are just fear-mongering.