Haere mai
Welcome to New Zealand’s climate change solutions website. This site has information about the causes of, the evidence for and the effects of climate change. It describes the actions being taken to reduce emissions and the work being done to help people prepare for and adapt to climate change.
What's happening
The Government is working actively to secure an effective global agreement on climate change to succeed the Kyoto Protocol after 2012. An important issue in these international negotiations is the commitment New Zealand makes on a greenhouse gas emissions target for 2020.
This decision has significant ramifications for New Zealand households and businesses. We need to balance the need to make progress in reducing emissions to protect the environment with the impacts on jobs, investments and costs to consumers.
New Zealand intends to announce its policy target for 2020 at the next stage of international negotiations in Bonn in August. This document and a series of meetings being held around New Zealand are to enable public input into this process.
What's hot
- The passing of The Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Forestry Sector) Amendment Act.
- The release of the NZIER and Infometrics report on the economic modelling of climate change policy.
- Updated draft regulations for the stationary energy and industrial processes sectors involvement in the NZ ETS have been released alongside draft regulations on unique emissions factors and other removal activities. The closing date for submissions is 13 July 2009.
