Climate change in New Zealand the United States (when compared on 1990 levels), a number of environmental groups have noted that it is below the level recommended by scientists in order reduce the damage of anthropogenic climate change. Some groups in New Zealand have misunderstood the 2013 target, for example assuming that it replaced the target set in 2009. The Paris Climate Agreement negotiations began on 30 November and concluded 12 December 2015. The Paris Climate Agreement is the successor to the 1998 Kyoto Protocol and has a target to keep temperature rises within 2 degrees this century, with ambitions to reduce this temperature rise
Climate change in New Zealand creating an independent climate change commission to address carbon monitoring and budgeting, and also to provide comment and ramifications when set targets or goals weren't met. Agriculture was also a point of focus with Labour committing to including agriculture into the emissions trading scheme to ensure that the agricultural sector operates with improved environmental practise. The Labour party also pledged to create a sustainable low carbon economy, while also achieving being a leading nation in addressing climate change, successfully achieving its commitments as made under the 2015 Paris agreement. The National Party in the 2017 election made a commitment to