New Zealand sets world’s toughest CO2 target

Kiwi government unrepentant but car industry says 40 per cent reduction by 2025 is too severe

The New Zealand motor industry has branded the Ardern government’s proposed CO2 emissions reduction target of 40 per cent by 2025 as “the most aggressive and severe in the world” and says it looks impossible to achieve given the close ties to the Australian market where no such initiatives are in place.

The Kiwi government announced today that it was moving quickly to introduce a Clean Car Import Standard to reduce emissions and the fuel costs of motorists, setting a target of 105 grams of CO2 per kilometre for motor vehicle distributors to achieve across their respective model range by 2025.

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