Organisation
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (New Zealand)
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Report
Farms, forests and fossil fuels: the next great landscape transformation?
This report explores a different approach to framing New Zealand’s long-term climate change targets and policies, and what that could mean for the landscapes.
Report
A note on New Zealand’s methane emissions from livestock
Modelling was commissioned to provide a better understanding of the contribution of New Zealand’s livestock methane to warming. The commissioner is releasing the results of the modelling to ensure that wider policy discussions are grounded in the underlying science.
Policy report
A Zero Carbon Act for New Zealand: revisiting 'Stepping stones to Paris and beyond'
This report contains detailed advice to Parliament on plans for a UK-style Zero Carbon Act and independent Climate Commission.
Policy report
Stepping stones to Paris and beyond: climate change, progress, and predictability
This report examines how successive Governments can best deal with the ultimate intergenerational issue: climatechange.
Report
Taonga of an island nation: Saving New Zealand's birds
Examines the state of New Zealand’s native birds and what it might take to restore them in large numbers to the mainland