26 MARCH 2013
The United Nations top climate change official says the drive for renewable energy in the Pacific can serve as a model for the rest of the world to emulate.
The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, is in Auckland, to attend the Pacific Energy Summit.
NZ's Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has challenged the Pacific countries with a series of targets, including a renewable energy level of 50 percent.
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