The New Zealand government has unveiled a 'clean car upgrade' to encourage people to use zero emissions vehicles as part of its landmark climate change plan.
The New Zealand government has unveiled a"clean car upgrade" to encourage people to use zero emissions vehicles as part of its landmark climate change plan.Thousands of low-income Kiwis will be incentivised to trade in their gas-guzzlers for e-bikes and zero emission cars as part of New Zealand's emissions-cutting climate change plan.
Transport emissions will need to fall by a third over the next decade, with growth in native forests helping offset overall emissions.'A turning point in history' That will take 2500 cars off the road next year, replacing them with other cleaner modes of transport, for $14.5 million.Just two per cent of New Zealand's cars are low or zero-emission vehicles, and the government wants to hit 30 per cent by 2035 — when new dirty vehicles will be banned.
In 2019, it passed the Zero Carbon Act to create the independent climate change commission, which recommends both "carbon budgets" the government must meet and plans to do it.
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