NZ’s carbon emissions are on the way down – in part to policies now under threat

The Ministry for the Environment has advised NZ is on track to meet the first (2022-2025) carbon budget.

These positive results can be attributed to a range of factors including current decarbonisation policies that have and will continue to deliver real emissions cuts, provided they remain in place.
New Zealand’s current emissions reduction plan, which runs to 2025, is a package. Its parts support each other and attempt to balance many people’s needs. If one part is weakened, the difference must be made up elsewhere. An integrated plan will be required to meet the 2035 goal.

Read the full article co-written by UC’s Adjunct Senior Fellow in Renewable Energy Systems Engineering, Dr Ian Mason on The Conversation.