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Kōrero: Economy and the environment

Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol

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Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol

This cartoon depicts New Zealand self-harming by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol while the large countries – and major carbon emitters – Australia, the United States, India and China – ignore the issue.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DX-003-042

by Bob Brockie

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Eric Pawson, Economy and the environment – New Zealand’s ecological impact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/21676/ratifying-the-kyoto-protocol (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eric Pawson, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.