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The Climate Change Commission is warning decision makers that we can't plant our way out of trouble.
It's released draft recommendations to the Government for the next Emissions Reduction Plan, and wants the focus shifted away from forestry as the default method.
Instead, it wants the Government to pick up the pace on policies which directly cut emissions, such as renewable energy and electric vehicle infrastructure, cycleway development, and public transport investment.
Climate Change Minister James Shaw spoke to Corin Dann.
