Factcheck: is New Zealand hypocritical to reject Australia's climate accounting?

Coalition MPs and the Australian newspaper have accused the New Zealand government of hypocrisy over its objections to Australia’s use of what are known as carryover credits to meet climate targets under the Paris agreement. Are they right?

What’s the issue?
The Australian published comments by four Coalition backbenchers suggesting New Zealand’s climate change minister, James Shaw, was a hypocrite for saying there had been an “allergic reaction” in the international community to countries wanting to use an accounting measure to meet their 2030 climate target under the Paris agreement.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/factcheck-is-new-zealand-hypocritical-to-reject-australias-climate-accounting

New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, speaks at UN headquarters last year

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