The Otago Daily Times says “Queenstown Lakes District Council has launched public consultation on its draft climate action plan 2019-22.”
The district “is taking its first steps towards reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions from more than 663,000 tonnes per year to zero,” the paper says.
The announcement follows the council agreeing to Extinction Rebellion Queenstown Lakes call for a climate emergency declaration. Read more.
Source:
- Paul Taylor (6 August 2019) “Long haul from here to zero carbon”, in Otago Daily Times. Available at: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/long-haul-here-zero-carbon [Last accessed on 6 August 2019].
- Photo by Paul Taylor.