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.

Science should inform and underpin arguments, but economics and politics are now the principal battlegrounds in the Australian climate debate.

This cost-benefit analysis finds that developing clean economies, whilst tackling climate change, will actually deliver economic benefits.

As part of its efforts to promote adoption of the recommendations, the Task Force prepared this status report to provide an overview of current disclosure practices related to core elements of the TCFD recommendations, as well as additional information to support preparers in implementing the recommendations.

This report presents to the Victorian government recommendations for interim carbon emissions targets for 2021-2025 and 2026-2030, indicative trajectories to 2050, advice on opportunities to reduce Victoria’s emissions and the other evidence that was considered in arriving at the recommended targets.