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New Zealand's fourth biennial report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Biennial reports are released by New Zealand every two years as per our obligation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Biennial reports are released by New Zealand every two years as per our obligation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

This submission is New Zealand’s Fourth Biennial Report and presents New Zealand’s progress towards our international climate commitments and in particular shows: 

  • our historical and projected greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and trends
  • up-to-date emissions reduction targets and progress towards those targets 
  • policies and measures in place to support New Zealand’s transition and climate change efforts, and support for developing countries in their efforts of adapting and mitigating against the rising threats of climate change.

Date of next submission

New Zealand will submit its 5th Biennial Report and 8th National Communication no later than 31 December 2022, in line with decisions 1/CP.24 and 6/CP.25 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

This timeframe (moved from the original due date of 1 January 2022) will enable Parties to include in these two reports the same inventory data as that submitted in April 2022 (containing data for the years 1990–2020)​, which will be a critical component of the information on the achievement of 2020 targets to be provided in the 5th Biennial Report.

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