This request and release is about domestic gross emissions targets DRAFT.
Response date
11 November 2019
Type
Departmental
This request and release is about domestic gross emissions targets DRAFT.
Response date
11 November 2019
Type
Departmental
Details of the request
Under the OIA, could I please have an unredacted version of Domestic Gross Emissions Targets DRAFT - content under review by workshop attendees
Context: MfE have received Ministerial direction to consider the following policy (below) and to reflect it in the Cabinet paper for the Zero Carbon Bill. A workshop was held on 12 November to discuss agency positions. The square brackets are not yet confirmed. 1. Emissions Neutrality Target - Net Zero by 2050 (New Zealand's gross emissions and removals (both forestry and international units) must balance to zero). 2. Two separate gross emissions reductions targets (Domestic Targets) [X] per cent gross emissions reduction for [short-lived GHGs]/[biogenic methane] [Y] per cent gross emissions reduction for [long-lived GHGs]/[all other GHGs] set in the Bill now.”