Greenpeace slams NZ climate delegation

Published: 8:14PM Sunday December 11, 2011 Source: ONE News

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New Zealand is being accused of siding with economic super powers that are blocking a new global agreement on climate change.

Greenpeace says NZ's delegation at the Durban climate change summit has let New Zealanders down.

Spokeswoman Bunny McDiarmid says New Zealand has aligned itself with "the most obstructionist block" at the talks, including the United States, China, India and to a lesser extent Canada.

"They're the ones who have actually watered down and resisted any real progress," McDiarmid told ONE News.

Greenpeace says New Zealand should have joined European and Pacific nations in calling for a stringent, legally binding agreement on greenhouse gas emissions.

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