Sir Lockwood Smith: Former MP and Diplomat on ACTs call to withdraw from the Paris Agreement

Pulling out of the Paris Agreement could cause more problems than it solves. 

Act and New Zealand First have expressed interest in pulling New Zealand out of the agreement unless more realistic emissions targets are produced. 

Sir Lockwood Smith, former MP and Diplomat, says he sympathises with famers and Seymour on the subject, but we just pull out of the accord. 

He told Kerre Woodham that there are clauses in free trade agreements, such as the one with the UK, that would enable them to take action or to seek remedies if New Zealand were to withdraw from any international agreement around climate change. 

He says we do have to be careful, however, that doesn’t mean we don’t do anything. 

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