Advice on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

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Advice to inform the second Nationally Determined Contribution

We've been asked to provide advice to the Government to help inform Aotearoa New Zealand’s second Nationally Determined Contribution – the country’s commitment under the Paris Agreement to reducing net greenhouse gas emissions from 2031–35.

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Nationally Determined Contribution

We included advice on the first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for Aotearoa New Zealand in our 2021 advice to government, Ināia tonu nei.

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Reviewing Aotearoa’s NDC and biogenic methane

In April 2020, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw asked us to review Aotearoa New Zealand's first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, and for advice on the potential reduction in biogenic methane.

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