Webinar: New advice on NZ’s 2050 emissions reduction target & emissions budgets

This webinar provides an overview of our two reports released in December 2024:

• Review of the 2050 emissions reduction target, including whether emissions from international shipping and aviation should be included: https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz...
• Advice on the fourth emissions budget (2036–2040), and whether the first, second and third budgets should be revised: https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz...

Slides from this presentation and Q&A answered in writing during this webinar are available on our website: https://www.climatecommission.govt.nz...

CHAPTERS:

Introduction
00:00 Our role
02:30 About these two reports

Advice on the fourth emissions budget
05:23 What are we recommending?
06:27 Why are we recommending this level for the fourth emissions budget?
07:37 How could the fourth emissions budget be achieved?
09:21 What we heard during consultation

Review of the 2050 emissions target
10:03 About this review
10:21 What we have recommended
11:30 Significant changes since 2019
13:50 How – everyone plays a role
15:30 What we heard from consultation on the target review

15:53 Whether to include international shipping and aviation emissions in the 2050 target

17:55 Final remarks

21:43 Q&A