{"id":2750,"date":"2022-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.farmersweekly.co.nz\/un-asks-rod-carr-to-join-global-climate-group\/"},"modified":"2022-05-03T06:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:40:30","slug":"un-asks-rod-carr-to-join-global-climate-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/people\/un-asks-rod-carr-to-join-global-climate-group\/","title":{"rendered":"UN asks Rod Carr to join global climate group"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Climate Change Commission chair Dr Rod Carr has been invited to join an elite 16-member UN group.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The United Nations secretary general Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has asked New Zealand\u2019s Dr Rod Carr to join an elite world group to look into climate change issues.<\/p>\n

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Guterres launched the expert world group to develop stronger and clearer standards for net-zero emissions pledges, including businesses, investors, cities and regions and to speed up their implementation.<\/p>\n

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The invitations to the group of 16 are in their personal capacities rather than as Government representatives.<\/p>\n

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Carr is chair of the Climate Change Commission, former chair of the board and once acting governor of the Reserve Bank of NZ, a director of the Canterbury Employers\u2019 Chamber of Commerce for 10 years and former vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury.<\/p>\n

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The expert group\u2019s recommendations for higher ambition and environmental integrity will address four areas:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Current standards and definitions for setting net-zero targets;<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Credibility criteria used to assess the objectives, measurement and reporting of net-zero pledges;<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Processes for verification and accounting of progress towards net-zero commitments and reported decarbonisation plans;<\/p>\n

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\u2022 A roadmap to translate standards and criteria into international and national level regulations.<\/p>\n

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The group will be chaired by Canada\u2019s former minister of environment and climate change.<\/p>\n

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Members include academics, business people, regulators and the former Governor of the People\u2019s Bank of China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Nations secretary general Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has asked New Zealand\u2019s Dr Rod Carr to join an elite world group to look into climate change issues.\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":1380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,63,69],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t