News Prime Minister John Key will attend the climate talks in Copenhagen boosted the numbers of Greenpeace’s Sign-on march held in Auckland on Saturday, the activists says.

Mr Key will attend the leaders summit of the climate change conference held later this month. The United Nations Climate Change Conference started this week in Copenhagen. Greenpeace strongly campaigned for Mr Key to attend and represent New Zealand and the part it plays in reducing global emissions.

The number of cases tangled up in the Resource Management Act and left running late has reached a new record, according to a recent report.

Environment Minister Nick Smith released the two-yearly report RMA Survey of Local Authorities, and it shows that just 69% of consents were processed on time, compared to 73% last year and continues a decline from a peak of 82% in 2001/2002.

Just 70% of subdivisions, 70% of land-use, 76% of coastal, 66% of water and 59% of discharge consent applications were processed on time.