Government responds to Climate Change Commission first annual monitoring report on emissions reductions

The Government has released its response to He Pou a Rangi - Climate Change Commission’s first annual monitoring report on emissions reductions, which assesses progress against the 2050 target, emissions budgets and the first emissions reduction plan.

The Government’s response has been framed in the context of the Government’s Climate Change Strategy and the five pillars within this that we will be delivering against. It also uses the Government’s July 2024 interim emissions projections, which is the most recently available information on progress toward meeting our emissions budgets.

Many of the Commission’s findings are broadly aligned with Government findings. This includes that gross emissions have been tracking down since 2019 and that New Zealand is on track to meet the first emissions budget, which ends at the end of 2025.