Carbon is forever
Carbon dioxide emissions and their associated warming could linger for millennia, according to some climate scientists. Mason Inman looks at why the fallout from burning fossil fuels could last far longer than expected.
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Blunt warning on emissions issued by top UN official
NEXT YEAR’S crucial climate change summit in Copenhagen will be a failure unless it produces a deal on substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a top United Nations official.
PM warns on ‘dirty’ dangers
The Prime Minister, in a public dialogue with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, yesterday told an Australasian climate change and business conference in Auckland that New Zealand could not risk being seen as a “dirty producer”.
New Zealand also risked having overseas consumers shun its products unless the country rose to the challenge of reducing its agricultural carbon emissions.
