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Surprise and disappointment as Air New Zealand's 2030 climate targets go up in smoke.\xa0

It's backtracked on a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 28.9% from 2019, with a 16.3% drop in absolute emissions.\xa0

Massey University Science Professor Robert McLachlan told Mike Hosking it's unexpected and sets a bad precedent.\xa0

He says it's a bit soon for the airline to pull out of a target it only set two years ago and made a big deal of at the time.\xa0

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