Climate Change Leadership Forum Meeting - 21 February 2008 agenda

9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Level 16, Grand Chancellor 1,
James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor,
147 The Terrace,
Wellington

Apologies: David Baldwin, Peter Griffiths, Rob Fyfe, Sue Suckling, Jonathan Ling

Minister Parker and Minister Cullen will join the Forum in person for the first hour of the meeting- 9:00am-10:00am

  Item Speaker Time
1. Welcome, agenda setting and objectives for the day

Report back on actions from previous meeting		 Stephen Tindall (Chair) 9:00-9:10
(10 minutes)
2. International update: 

Refer to paper 1: “International Climate Change Issues for New Zealand”.
  • Outcomes from Bali and the international process ahead
  • WTO and border tariff issues
  • Future input into development of New Zealand policy positions and targets
 Adrian Macey (MFAT)
Chris Livesey (MfE)		 9:10-10:50
(1 hour 35 minutes)
Refer to paper 2: “Mitigation Potential and the Cost of mitigating Gases in New Zealand”
  • New Zealand’s work on mitigation potential
  • Policy updates on EU ETS, Australia and ICAP
 Dave Brash (ETG)
Refer to papers 3 and 4 for background information: “Overview of MAF Greenhouse Gas Foot Printing Strategy” and “International Issues: Food/Wood/Life Cycle Analysis” Murray Sherwin / Julie Collins (MAF)
3. Strategic direction of the Forum
  • Next steps
  • March meeting topics for discussion
 Group 10:50-11:05
(15 minutes)
4.  Morning Tea   11:05-11:20
(15 minutes)
5.  Updates on the NZ ETS process:
  • Select committee submissions / hearings
  •  Regulation development
  •  Work by the Technical Advisory Groups (TAG) and the PEAK group
 		 Dave Brash (ETG)
Julie Collins (MAF)
Dave Brash (ETG)
Murray Sherwin (MAF)
Julie Collins (MAF)		 11:20-11:40
(20 minutes)
6. Cluster B work on economic modeling Suzi Kerr 11:40-12:20
Refer to paper 5: Cluster B Report
  • Voluntary monitoring and reporting
  • Pre 1990 Forests
 Suzi Kerr
Julia Hoare
Refer to paper 6: “Outstanding Forestry Related Allocation: Further Analysis” Murray Sherwin (MAF)
7. Update from Cluster C on scoping the report for an environmental assessment of the NZ ETS Catherine Leining (ETG) 12:20-12:30
8. Other business
  • 4th ANZ Climate Change and Business Conference
Close of meeting. Lunch		 Gary Taylor 12:30-1:00pm