Drafts and discussion documents
Discussion document: Review on whether emissions from international shipping and aviation should be included in the 2050 target
Should Aotearoa New Zealand's 2050 emissions reduction target be amended to include emissions from international shipping and aviation – and if so, how?
8 April 2024
About this report
This discussion document was produced to support public consultation in 2024 on our advice on Aotearoa New Zealand's emissions budgets and the 2050 target.
It sets out our initial thinking on emissions from international shipping and aviation should be included in the 2050 target (along with domestic emissions from these sources, which were already included in the target).
We consulted the public on this discussion document and related mattersin April and May 2024.
Our final advice on this is provided in our report, Review of the 2050 emissions target including whether emissions form international shipping and aviation should be included.
We review the 2050 target every five years, but this review specifically of emissions from international shipping and aviation is a one-off – there are no future reviews on this topic required by the Climate Change Response Act.
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Discussion document: Review on whether emissions from international shipping and aviation should be included in the 2050 target, and if so how
This Excel spreadsheet contains the raw data for Commission generated graphs and figures presented in Discussion document: 2024 Review of Aotearoa New Zealand's 2050 emissions reduction target.
Download: Target charts and figures [.XLSX – 259 KB]
This Excel spreadsheet sets out the calculations and data used in the equity comparisons made of the 2050 emissions target.
Download: Target equity calculations [.XLSX – 999 KB]
Because these three reports were closely related, some modelling and data spanned all three.
Other supporting material that supported our analysis is available on the page for our draft advice on the fourth emissions budget