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Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato

Unambitious and undermined: why NZ’s latest climate pledge lacks the crucial ‘good faith’ factor

New Zealand's Climate Change Minister Simon Watts speaking during the the recent climate summit in Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The announcement of New Zealand’s new climate pledge under the Paris Agreement was met with sharp criticism last week.

The agreement commits nations to provide a new pledge, known as a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) every five years. But it also requires each pledge to be a “progression beyond” the previous one.

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