Zero Carbon Act for NZ, Environment watchdog's valuable contribution
20 March 2018
NZ Government:
“The new Parliamentary Commissioner for the
Environment’s first report dealing with New Zealand’s proposed Zero
Carbon Act provides a valuable contribution to the national conversation
on this issue,” says the Acting Minister for Climate Change, Julie Anne
Genter.
“Commissioner Simon Upton’s report, “A Zero Carbon Act for New Zealand”,
lays out the sort of things we, as a nation will need to address in
setting targets and having a durable way of managing our transition to a
low
emissions sustainable economy while providing certainty for
businesses and investors.
“Mr Upton’s report also offers interesting areas for consideration based
on his observations of the United Kingdom’s approach to establishing a
Climate Commission and setting carbon budgets.
“At the same time, Mr Upton acknowledges
New Zealand has very different
emissions profiles to the UK and very different challenges,” Ms Genter
says.
“Climate change is affecting us all now, but we have a huge opportunity
to build a cleaner economy and ensure security for ourselves and for
future generations of New Zealanders.
“Like the new Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, we, as the
Green Party support partner of the Labour-led coalition Government agree
that there needs to be thorough debate to reach a durable structure for
New Zealand’s Zero Carbon Act.
“The Zero Carbon Act is about setting up the big picture framework that
will drive practical, common sense actions to reduce our climate
pollution.”
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