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New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister James Shaw has called out the use of Kyoto carryover credits to meet Paris climate targets.

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New Zealand will become mostly carbon neutral by 2050 after the policy passed parliament last November. James Shaw - a co-leader of the Green Party - said he will always campaign for stronger climate change on the world stage, but conceded New Zealand was not in a position to be smug. Mr Shaw told Sky News around the world there’s an “allergic reaction” to the practice. Mr Shaw is taking a stronger position though over the use of carryover credits to meet climate targets.

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