TLDR & TLDL: Auckland already has a record of failing its emissions reductions targets, but it now appears to going down a track that would cost nearly $22,000 per tonne to reduce emissions by just 47,000 tonnes over 10 years and just 12,000 tonnes a year by 2032.
That’s at a time when the city needs to cut emissions by millions of tonnes to meet its targets. See more below the paywall fold about the latest figures revealed in a Todd Niall piece in Stuff this morning about plans for a $572m targeted rate to pay for various emissions reductions measures worth up to $1b with Government help.
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