Climate Action LedgerTracking climate leadership · Aotearoa NZ
LL-002··Labour-led government (Greens confidence & supply)·programme

First Emissions Reduction Plan (2022)

Win +1

What happened

Published New Zealand's first statutory Emissions Reduction Plan under the Zero Carbon Act for emissions budgets 2022-2025 and 2026-2030.

Why it matters

Translates legal budgets into a cross-sector policy programme.

Impact assessment

Fulfils planning obligation with sector policies; independent assessments later rated overall trajectory insufficient.

Limitations: Plan quality ≠ outcomes; agricultural pricing largely deferred.

Attribution

shared (high confidence) -Labour, Greens

Cabinet decision following CCC advice; Shaw as Climate Minister.

Coalition period: Labour-led government (Greens confidence & supply) (17 October 2020 - 26 November 2023)

Categories

governancemitigation

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