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For<\/strong>: Preliminary & Mains<\/p>\n Topics covered<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Recently, New Zealand\u2019s Parliament passed The Zero-Carbon Act, which will commit New Zealand to zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner<\/strong>,\u00a0 as part of the country\u2019s attempts to meet its Paris climate accord<\/strong> commitments.<\/p>\n The Climate Change Response (Zero-Carbon) Amendment Act or Zero-Carbon Law<\/strong>, provides a framework by which New Zealand will be able to develop and implement climate change policies in line with the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Act proposes separate targets for biogenic methane because methane is a short-lived gas and degrades into the atmosphere over the decades even though it is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biogenic methane is produced from biological (plant, livestock, waste treatment and wetlands) sources. This is carbon recently derived from carbon dioxide (CO2) present in the atmosphere. When the methane is emitted it causes additional warming (as methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Zealand is well-positioned to undertake steps to mitigate climate change. Its capacity to generate electricity from renewable resources is at 80 percent, and it is working towards phasing out the use of offshore oil and gas. New Zealand government anticipates that GDP and household incomes in New Zealand will continue to rise, minimising the cost of adapting to climate change for the citizens.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), dealing with greenhouse-gas-emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance, signed in 2016. It builds upon the Convention with a central aim of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. The Paris Agreement requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts through nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and to strengthen these efforts in the years ahead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You are on the Best Online IAS preparation platform. You are learning under experts.<\/p>\n We are present on\u00a0Facebook- Diligent IAS<\/a>,\u00a0LinkedIn- Diligent IAS<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube- Diligent IAS<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram- Diligent IAS<\/a>. Get in touch with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0Zero-Carbon Law For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Zero-Carbon Law Why the law is required? What is Biogenic methane? What is the Paris climate accord? News Flash Recently, New Zealand\u2019s Parliament passed The Zero-Carbon Act, which will commit New Zealand to zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner,\u00a0 as part of the country\u2019s attempts to meet its Paris climate accord commitments. The Climate Change Response (Zero-Carbon) Amendment Act or Zero-Carbon Law, provides…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[83],"tags":[1540,1539,1538],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n
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