Published by the Ministry for the Environment in July 2024, this strategy outlines the current coalition Government's high-level climate strategy under Minister Simon Watts. It identifies five pillars: resilient infrastructure and prepared communities; credible emissions markets; affordable clean energy; climate innovation; and nature-based solutions. It also sets out New Zealand's current emissions reduction targets under the Paris Agreement and the Government's nine public

This open access book brings a cultural lens, and a distinctive analytical framework, to the problem of transitioning to a sustainable,...

Published in August 2020 by the Ministry for the Environment, this is New Zealand's first statutory National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA), produced under the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act 2019. It provides a national-scale overview of how New Zealand may be affected by climate-related hazards, identifying the most significant risks and opportunities across five value domains: the natural environment, human environment, built environment, econom