New Zealand is using a system of emissions budgets to meet legislated 2050 emission reduction targets.
- An emissions budget is the cumulative amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted over a certain period.
- The Emissions Reduction Plan will set policies and strategies for meeting the first emissions budget (2022-2025) and set the direction for climate action.
The following documents include the relevant submissions and reports that makeup a timeline of work starting in March 2021.
Relevant documents
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HortNZ's submission on counting international transport emissions
May 2024
HortNZ argued that New Zealand should not include international transport emissions in our net-zero target until green shipping and aviation alternatives are domestically available.
PDF, 521 KB.
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Climate Change Commission Advice on Second Emissions Reduction Plan
December 2023
The Climate Change Commission advised the governemnt on its second Emissions Reduction Plan 2026-2030.
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HortNZ's submission on Climate Change Commission report
June 2023
HortNZ sought support for horticulture as a low emissions land use and for decarbonising covered cropping/horticulture-related transportation.
PDF, 830 KB.
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HortNZ's submission on Emissions Reduction Plan
June 2022
HortNZ submitted to the Select Committee on the first emission budgets and the Emissions Reduction Plan.
PDF, 375 KB.
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Emissions Reduction Plan
May 2022
Ministry for the Environment published New Zealand's first Emissions Reduction Plan.
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Emissions budgets
May 2022
Ministry for the Environment published the first three emissions budgets, the first covering 2022-2025.
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HortNZ's submission on Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document
November 2021
HortNZ submitted on the draft emissions reduction plan.
PDF, 941 KB.
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Climate Change Commission advice on emissions reduction plan
May 2021
The Climate Change Commission report advised the government on its first three emissions budgets and its Emissions Reduction Plan 2022-2025.
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HortNZ's submission on Climate Change Commission report
March 2021
HortNZ submitted on the Climate Change Commission's draft advice on the government's Emissions Reduction Plan.
PDF, 2.9 MB.