Climate targets: Economy-wide

• NDC content

  1 target

  • reduce GHG emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2005
    Source:

    New Zealand's INDC

• National laws and policies

  2 targets

  • Emissions of biogenic methane in a calendar year—(i)are 10% less than 2017 emissions by the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2030; and(ii)are 24% to 47% less than 2017 emissions by the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2050 and for each subsequent calendar year.
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2017
    Source:

    Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act (amending the Climate Change Response Act 2002)

    Legislative | 2002

  • Net accounting emissions of greenhouse gases in a calendar year, other than biogenic methane, are zero by the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2050 and for each subsequent calendar year
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2050
    Source:

    Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act (amending the Climate Change Response Act 2002)

    Legislative | 2002

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