New Zealand’s Climate Change Target

This paper provides feedback for the Ministry for the Environment on behalf of the Royal Society Te Apārangi on the consultation document setting New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target.

• Download Comments on Setting New Zealand’s Post-2020 Climate Change Target
• Download the Ministry for the Environment's consultation document New Zealand’s Climate Change Target: Our contribution to the New Zealand Climate Change Agreement

Royal Society of New Zealand Climate Expert panel

• Professor James Renwick MRSNZ (Chair), School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
• Associate Professor Ralph Chapman, Director, Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
• Dr Julie Hall MRSNZ, Regional Manager, Wellington, NIWA
• Dr Gavin Kenny, Director, Earthwise Consulting Ltd
• Dr Andrew Matthews, former manager, NIWA
• Dr Brett Mullan, Principal Scientist, Climate, NIWA
• Dr Philip Sutton, Physical Oceanographer, NIWA

Reviewers

• Paul Atkins, CEO, National Energy Research Institute
• Professor Gerry Carrington FRSNZ, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
• Dr Andrew Cleland FRSNZ, Chief Executive, Royal Society of New Zealand
• Catherine Leining, Policy Fellow, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
• Professor Ralph Sims CRSNZ, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University
• Dr Janet Stephenson, Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago