Some astonishing comments reported here from the NZ Climate Minister. If paying for Article 6 cooperation is "unrealistic" that would mean New Zealand reneging on its Paris Agreement NDC, as use of Article 6 is essential to meet that target. If he means something different, he'll need to clarify.

I've wondered for a while what the deal is with reneging on the Paris Agreement and the climate and environment obligations in the EU trade deal? Surely, an immediate economic consequence is climate change impact this govt shoud understand.

Watts told the conference that the Coalition Government “inherited” the gap from the previous Labour Government, conveniently forgetting that the plan to meet New Zealand’s international targets through purchasing offshore mitigation was first put in place by National.

Well, that'd be one way of getting the NZ dairy industry ejected from the EU market.