NZ hypocrisy called out at climate conference

National's two Fossil of the Day awards for hypocrisy on climate change shows it’s not doing much better than climate denialists like Donald Trump, the Green Party said today.

At the international climate conference in Marrakech, New Zealand received two Fossil of the Day awards – presented by environmental NGOs to countries obstructing action on climate change.

新西兰获得一个奖项,呼吁其他国家结束化石燃料补贴,尽管继续补贴石油和天然气勘探在新西兰,另一个是使用欺诈性的碳信用额度,以避免减排。

“Donald Trump might pretend climate change doesn't exist, but John Key isn't doing much better by just pretending to take action," said Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes.

“National is telling other countries to cut subsidies for fossil fuel but is continuing to fund and incentivise oil exploration in New Zealand.

“National is also telling other countries to take climate change seriously, but they have traded in dubious carbon credits to avoid actually cutting emissions.

“Since National has been in power climate emissions in New Zealand have increased by almost 20 percent.

“新西兰需要一个领导者,现在比以往任何时候如果没有,所有其他国家可以使用同样的借口 - 我们不会停止污染,因为其他政府不会的,”休斯说先生。

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