Robert Sanscartier<p>Annual emissions fell two percent in 2023, new data reveals</p><p>The country's official climate balance sheet shows emissions continue to fall.</p><p>All parts of the economy shrank their emissions in 2023, the latest official numbers show.</p><p>The country's greenhouse gas inventory, which always lags reality by over a year, shows emissions fell two percent in 2023, about the same as the emissions produced by a quarter of New Zealand cars in a year</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558206/annual-emissions-fell-two-percent-in-2023-new-data-reveals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/558206</span><span class="invisible">/annual-emissions-fell-two-percent-in-2023-new-data-reveals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a></p>