Climate change mitigation climate change are more damaging in poor nations, where infrastructures are weak and few social services exist. The Commitment to Development Index is one attempt to analyze rich country policies taken to reduce their disproportionate use of the global commons. Countries do well if their greenhouse gas emissions are falling, if their gas taxes are high, if they do not subsidize the fishing industry, if they have a low fossil fuel rate per capita, and if they control imports of illegally cut tropical timber. The main current international agreement on combating climate change is the Kyoto Protocol. On the 11th
Climate change in New Zealand the issues that climate change is already creating in the nation, as well as focusing on international adaptation, supporting international efforts to mitigate climate change, with special focus given towards the Pacific. The Green Party also committed to making New Zealand a carbon neutral country by the year of 2050 and to establishing an independent climate commission. The Green Party proposed a Kiwi Climate Fund to replace the Emissions Trading Scheme, charging individuals responsible for contributing to climate change pollution. Commitment was also made to New Zealand having 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, as well as planting 1.2 billion