Progress reports on national adaptation plans
Release due: August 2026
Every two years, we produce a progress report on the implementation and effectiveness of the Government's current national adaptation plan.
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Latest report
Update 31 July 2026: Our 2026 progress report has been delivered to the Minister of Climate Change and will be released in the next few days.
Previous reports
About these reports
Every two years, the Commission must provide a progress report on the implementation and effectiveness of the Government’s national adaptation plan.
These reports are required under section 5ZU of the Climate Change Response Act 2002.
These progress reports provide independent, evidence-based analysis to support the development of Aotearoa New Zealand's adaptation planning, and contributes to the efforts to continually improve adaptation measures.
What these reports include
Each national adaptation plan sets out how the Government will respond to climate risks identified in national climate change risk assessments and to overall objectives for climate adaptation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our role is to monitor how the Government puts the national adaptation plan into effect.
Each progress report must:
- assess the progress of implementation of the plan
- judge how well the plan achieves its objectives and responds to risks
- identify barriers to implementation and effectiveness, and how those can be managed
- include any other relevant matters
- consider the issues, where relevant, listed under section 5M of the Climate Change Response Act.