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Working paper
A community of practice for economic modelling of climate change mitigation in New Zealand
This document summarises the compelling case for developing a New Zealand ‘Climate Policy Modelling Initiative’ (CPMI). This initiative would coordinate and enhance delivery of modelling across multiple providers. This work is informed by several workshops that brought together economic modellers from a range of organisations.
Report
Boosting voluntary climate action in Aotearoa New Zealand
This paper proposes an innovative two-track system aimed at scaling up voluntary climate action to help Aotearoa New Zealand meet its Paris Agreement targets – or mitigate beyond the targets.
Working paper
Decision trees: forestry in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme post-2020
In June 2020, the New Zealand Government passed the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Act 2020 (ETR Act) to reform the architecture of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS). As a result of the ETR Act, from 1 January 2023, post-1989...
Working paper
Land-use modelling in New Zealand: current practice and future needs
The drivers of land-use decisions are complex, and models provide a structured methodology for investigating these. For the public and private sectors to make robust land-use decisions under uncertainty, high-quality modelling tools and data are essential.
Working paper
Energy- and multisector modelling of climate change mitigation in New Zealand: current practice and future needs
As New Zealand joins with other countries to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it will come under increasing pressure from changing economic opportunities, potentially disruptive new technologies, natural resource constraints, and evolving social and political drivers.
Working paper
Managing scarcity and ambition in the NZ ETS
This working paper, which evolved under Motu’s ETS Dialogue process from 2016 to 2018, explores key considerations for ETS cap setting and proposes the design for a cap on units auctioned and freely allocated in the NZ ETS.
Working paper
Uncertainty, risk and investment and the NZ ETS
This working paper, which evolved under Motu’s ETS Dialogue process from 2016 to 2018, explores key considerations for emission price management in the context of a specific working model for unit supply in the NZ ETS.
Working paper
Paying for mitigation: how New Zealand can contribute to others’ efforts
This paper presents a working model for New Zealand’s purchase of IERs, in which the quantity is controlled by government, purchasing is managed by government for the foreseeable future (with potential participation by private entities), and the quantity is factored into decisions on the NZ...
Working paper
Future options for industrial free allocation in the NZ ETS
This document examines a range of options for reforming industrial free allocation of tradable emissions units issued by the New Zealand government.
Guide
A guide to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: 2022 update
This guide provides a user-friendly description of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme's current design features, their rationale, and how they have evolved over time. The guide also includes a series of figures illustrating trends in key data over time.