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U.S.- New Zealand Climate Change Partnership

Joint Statement by New Zealand and the United States following the Fourth Meeting under the U.S./New Zealand Bilateral Climate Change Partnership.

August 30 - Officials from the United States and New Zealand met August 29-30, 2006, in Washington , DC , to review progress and discuss future directions under the United States – New Zealand Climate Change Partnership. This fourth meeting of the Partnership focused on progress and achievement to date of joint activities, continuing support of ongoing projects, and substantive exchanges on domestic approaches to addressing climate change in the agriculture, forestry, and energy sectors, and international climate change science, development, and policy issues.

New proposals relating to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and geological carbon sequestration were discussed. Two new projects, one on using LIDAR (LIght Detection and Ranging) for carbon-biomass inventories and prediction and the other on modelling the impacts of land use change on climate processes, were proposed. The meeting also celebrated the successful conclusion of a hydrogen fuel cell feasibility study, the 6 th project completed under the Partnership. (more)

Our Changing Planet - Report

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2006.
A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Researchn (a supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget) (more)

Climate Change Partnership Pursues Multiple Goals

The U.S.-led Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate is plotting a course to achieve its goals to attain energy security and accelerate the deployment of clean energy and technology in ways that promote economic development and reduce poverty. Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky tells reporters that a two-day meeting under way at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, will result in concrete steps. (more)