Tag: greenhouse gases

Update: Leaving Kyoto

Barney Chunn

In 2012 the New Zealand government chose to opt out of the second obligation period of the Kyoto Protocol.

Carbon trading

Greg Roughan - Green Ideas editor / Warren Judd

Confused by carbon? You’re not alone. Buying permits to pollute can sound a daft way to tackle global warming – yet emissions trading schemes can work, and have already proved successful dealing with problems like acid rain. Here’s a simple explanation of carbon trading’s ins and outs.

CO2 – what's the big deal?

Green Ideas editorial team

With everyone talking about the greenhouse effect and cutting down emissions, it’s worth looking at the heart of the issue.

Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme – what do they mean?

BarneyCReader submitted

On November 8, the third reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill passed by a 58-61 majority in parliament.