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Welcome to New Zealand's climate change solutions website. Here are the challenges the country faces, the unique answers New Zealand has come up with and a vision of where New Zealand wants to be in the future.
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Latest news
The Finance and Expenditure Committee has now reported back to Parliament on the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill.
Emissions Trading Bulletin 5 explains the emissions trading part of the Bill as reported back to Parliament. Bulletin 6 explains the renewable preference part of the Bill. Bulletin 7 sets out the dates of commencement and relevant compliance periods for NZ ETS participants.
Latest reports
Phase Out of Assistance: Briefing for the Climate Change Leadership Forum
This paper was prepared by the Emissions Trading Group for the Climate Change Leadership Forum on 9 April 2008. It briefly outlines some of the issues around phase out, describes an alternative option and assesses its pro's and con's.
Alternative Proposal for Phase-out of Free Allocation
This presentation was made to the Climate Change Leadership Forum by Jonathan Ling, Chief Executive of Fletcher Building, on 17 April 2008 and presents an alternative phase out option.
General Equilibrium Analysis of Options for Meeting New Zealand’s International Emissions Obligations
This report draws together the results of general equilibrium modelling undertaken for the Emissions Trading Group since October 2007, previously described in a number of separate papers.
Scoping Report for an Environmental Assessment of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and Closely Related Measures
A scoping report for an environmental assessment of the ETS released on 29 April 2008 looks at the potential positive and negative environmental impacts of the emissions trading scheme. This report is available on the Ministry for the Environment website.
Reports on the emissions trading scheme and climate change solutions are available to read online and download.
