Slow pace: A tourist poses in New Zealand as Mount Taranaki stands tall in the background. Climate action in the country has been stymied by issues from lower rainfall last winter to insufficient supplies of sustainable aviation fuel. — AP
WELLINGTON: New Zealand may already be giving the world a glimpse of what global climate policy will look like in the Trump era.
The South Pacific nation, one of the first advanced economies to set a legally-binding net-zero target, has ushered in a series of green reversals since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s centre-right coalition took office in late 2023, rolling back curbs on fossil fuels, loosening emissions regulations for the giant agriculture sector and criticising banks over their restrictions on lending.
