2023 Draft advice to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second emissions reduction plan

Consultation has concluded, and we will deliver our final advice by 31 December 2023.

We have released our draft advice to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second emissions reduction plan, covering Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2026–2030 emissions budget. 

Consultation on this draft advice took place 26 April - 20 June 2023. We will deliver our final advice to the Minister of Climate Change by 31 December 2023.

This page provides links to our draft advice and related documents, information about consultation, and where to learn more.

Consultation

Consultation on this draft advice took place 26 April - 20 June 2023. We will now analyse all the submissions we received. Submissions will then be published on our online consultation platform:

Have Your Say | Climate Change Commission

Events

As part of consultation, we hosted a number of online and offline events sharing the thinking that went into this draft advice. These included Zoom webinars exploring different chapters of our draft advice.

Watch recordings of these webinars:

Open Zoom sessions | Climate Change Commission

About this draft advice

The second emissions budget (for 2026-2030) has been set, but the Government needs a plan to deliver on it. He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission’s role is to provide independent, evidence-based advice on the direction of policy, taking a systems-wide view. We last provided advice like this in our 2021 report Ināia tonu nei.

This plan will cover the second emissions budget period, from 2026-2030. This report is a draft of that advice prepared for public consultation. Our final advice will reflect the feedback we receive through the engagement process and will be delivered to the Government at the end of 2023.

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