emissions target Archive

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  What does the 2050 emission target really mean? - by frog

  
  
  
  Last week, climate market analyst Matthew Gray brought our attention to the fact that the Government’s recently announced “-50 by 50” target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions wasn’t comparing like with like. The discussion document released by Ministry for the Environment (MfE) for consultation, is vague at best. At worst, it is a slick and [...] read more
  February 13, 2011 2:14 pm - 7 Comments
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  Nick Smith: incompetent, negligent, or something else? - by frog

  
  
  
  It’s a very serious question which I don’t take lightly, but I am beginning to wonder why the media aren’t asking this question when it comes to the Minister’s handling of the Climate Change portfolio. Probably the most vexing issue is the Minister’s cynical use of a flawed NZIER/Infometrics report, which he commissioned, in order [...] read more
  August 24, 2009 6:46 am - 40 Comments
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  Nick Smith doesn’t get it - by Jeanette Fitzsimons

  
  
  
  Nick Smith’s response to “Getting There“, the Green Party’s analysis of how much of a 40% greenhouse gas reduction target we could meet in NZ at low cost, was entirely predictable. We asked him 7 questions in the House today and are none the wiser. First, he refused to give any information about any work [...] read more
  August 5, 2009 10:32 am - 148 Comments
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  Can we do 40? Yes we can. - by frog

  
  
  
  Today the Greens produced a report showing that significant emission reductions can be made by 2020 to meet the bulk of a 40% target. This involves 36.2 million tonnes of reductions that would meet a 20% domestic reduction, much of it at little or no cost and with significant employment and environmental benefits. A further [...] read more
  August 4, 2009 3:10 pm - 128 Comments
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  General Debate, August 4, 2009 - by frog

  
  
  
  There’s a National Hui on setting New Zealand’s 2020 Emissions Target at Westpac Stadium in Wellington today.  Will Maori argue for the 40% reduction Greenpeace is campaigning for, the measly 15% reduction floated recently by John Key, or at least the 25% reduction scientists say is the minimum needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change? read more
  August 4, 2009 7:12 am - 21 Comments
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  Emissions webcast a bit fizzy - by frog

  
  
  
  Last night’s webcast from MfE was not a triumph in technological consultation, but it does give us a glimpse into what is possible. Aside from the usual technical challenges, like all the panel appearing in smurf blue for the first 20 minutes and some viewers whinging because they chose a bandwidth far in excess of [...] read more
  July 21, 2009 10:23 am - 2 Comments
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  Last chance to have your say on emissions – online - by frog

  
  
  
  I’ll give MfE credit for one thing. If you are going to hold a Clayton’s consultation on a 2020 target, (like giving 1.4 million Aucklander’s just an hour and a half to have their say), you certainly get high marks for courage with tonight’s online webcast/consultation round. Pulling this off without a hitch would be [...] read more
  July 20, 2009 11:51 am - 23 Comments
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  Town and Country at Loggerheads - by Jeanette Fitzsimons

  
  
  
  There was a stark contrast between the Napier consultation meeting on our climate change target, and those in the major cities. We’re now reaping the consequences of several years of misinformation being fed to the farming community about climate science and it is driving the deepest town-country divide I have seen in my lifetime. Auckland [...] read more
  July 20, 2009 9:04 am - 127 Comments
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  Nick Smith’s statistical massage - by frog

  
  
  
  This is one of the slides used by the Minister for the Environment in the climate change target consultation presentation. The bar graph showing percentage emissions change for sectors between 1990 and 2007 serves to focus attention on the electricity sector, where the emissions have grown over 90% in that time. But astute readers will [...] read more
  July 16, 2009 3:08 pm - 37 Comments
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  Nick Smith asks for a public education on climate change - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  On Monday night, Minister Nick Smith held the first of a series of public meetings on setting an emissions reduction target.  The series is being held throughout the main cities in NZ. The Government is to be commended for initiating this series since a democratic legitimacy for its policies is a necessary condition of it [...] read more
  July 9, 2009 6:34 am - 46 Comments
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  Why we need an emissions target - by frog

  
  
  
  Image created by Robert A. Rohde / Global Warming Art Despite the protestations of frogblog’s resident trolls, New Zealand contributes to this increase, every day. Kiwis have one of the highest per capita emissions profiles in the world. There can be no free-riders when it comes to climate change. No carbon bludgers. We are well [...] read more
  July 5, 2009 3:14 pm - 61 Comments
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  Having your say on New Zealand’s emissions target - by frog

  
  
  
  Everything you need to know can be found here: Making your voice heard on New Zealand’s emissions reduction target (This brief post will remain sticky at the top for a while) read more
  July 5, 2009 3:02 pm - 422 Comments
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  40 percent by 2020 - by frog

  
  
  
  Here’s a compelling video from the great people at 350.org.nz urging all of us to get off our bums and have our say at the Government’s emissions target meetings around the country over the next couple of weeks. It is vitally important that we turn out in numbers and let the Government know that the [...] read more
  July 2, 2009 7:12 am - 58 Comments