Voice of the Sea Ice: New Zealand’s Paris Agreement commitments

Human-induced warming is having an impact on Earth’s systems, including ice melt in Antarctica. So what is the world doing about it?  

The current global pact, the Paris Agreement, was signed in 2016 by all but three countries. The US has just pulled out – again – but as yet, no other countries have left the agreement.  

Under the agreement, countries are asked to pledge ambitious emission reduction targets, aimed at keeping the world’s warming below 2 °C (compared to pre-industrial temperatures).  

Claire Concannon speaks to RNZ’s climate correspondent Eloise Gibson about what New Zealand’s current and future targets are, and whether we are meeting them.