@ rodius... this getting off topic .....but the nz media is being accused of being pro left in some quarters ....see Winston Peters.....
the last sentence of Vox's post re increasing effect of CO 2 is also important if it leads to more accurate models
It is a little off topic... yet, when viewed in the context of which pathway we are on, and understanding the NZ is a small player in the game, I find it disturbing that NZ has been politically altered like it is at the moment.
To me, if a country that tends to be a world leader in flipping the bird to international pressures (Nuclear Free in spite of sanctions from the US, their approach to Covid, voting structures, and a media that is untouched by the behemoths in places like the US, Oz and Uk) is starting to fail against those forces, I find it concerning.
To tells me that no country is too small to be pressured into reversing climate actions. It is just one more step in the wrong direction.
Still, NZ is still one of my favourite countries in the world. (Samoa is my number one, but I am biased because I am married to one and loved living there for a few years... cant wait to get back there)