Lawyers challenge New Zealand's proposed emissions budgets as inconsistent with the 1.5℃ goal
- Written by Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
Lynn Grieveson - Newsroom via Getty ImagesNew Zealand’s Climate Change Commission is facing its first legal hurdle, as a group of 300 climate-concerned lawyers seek judicial review of the processes it used to calculate carbon budgets in its recently released advice to government.
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