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Sustainable Land Management and
Climate Change
Options for a Plan of Action
Overview
Purpose of meeting
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Inform about content of discussion document
Provide additional information
Answer questions to help you prepare submissions
Record key elements of your feedback
The start of ongoing, long term discussion
Meeting structure
10:15am
10:25am
10:50am
11:30am
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:15pm
Introduction and process
Overview
Pillar 2
Presentations and questions
Group discussions
Pillars 1, 3, 4
Presentation and questions
Review of meeting
Lunch
Groundrules
Please:
• Have your say
• Keep questions and comments to the point
• Allow for all views
• Any questions about groundrules?
International context
• 2007 IPCC 4th Assessment Report – “science unequivocal”
• Other governments are taking action on climate change – “border
taxes”
• Overseas markets and business also responding – supermarkets,
insurance companies, oil companies
• Dealing with climate change isn’t going to go away
Figure: http://www.ipcc.ch
Domestic context
• In this environment, New Zealand must be seen to play its
part and take action
• New Zealand is highly exposed to climate change
(environmentally and economically)
• Agriculture and forestry critical to NZ economy
• NZ is committed to reduce emissions to
1990 levels or take responsibility for them
• Future economy-wide cost on carbon
• Every sector is expected to take action
Economy-wide action
Sector
Discussion document/policy
Energy (Non-Transport) Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy
Replacement Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
Transitional Measures
Broad Measures Post-2012
Transport
Biofuels
Vehicle fleet measures
Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy
Replacement Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
Broad Measures Post-2012
Agriculture/Forestry
Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change
Permanent Forest Sink Initiative
Research – Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium (PGGRC)
Broad Measures Post-2012
Post-2012 measures
• Discussion on measures for whole economy post-2012
• Options include:
- Price measures – emissions trading, emission charges
- Non-price – regulatory,voluntary
• Transition towards post-2012 measures
• Government preference – broad price measure across key
sectors of the economy post-2012
• How could agriculture and/or forestry sectors be
incorporated into a broad price measure?
• Submissions also due 30 March
Contribution of agriculture, horticulture and
forestry
• Agriculture, horticulture and forestry exports $18.5
bn, or 65% of NZ’s total exports
• Contribute almost 20%
to GDP
• Highly efficient
Million tonnes CO2e
-20
-80
-100
Overall
Deforestation
Waste
Agriculture
0
Forest sinks
-60
Transport
-6
38
38.3
44
Forest Sinks -78
6.9
34.8
40
Industrial processes
-40
16.8
20
Energy
Projected excess emissions from key sectors over the first
five-year Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol
60
Four Pillars
• It is proposed that the Plan of Action will comprise four
‘Pillars’
– Pillar 1: Adapting to climate change
– Pillar 2: Reducing
emissions and
enhancing sinks
– Pillar 3: Capitalising
on business opportunities
– Pillar 4: Working together
• No decisions have been
made
What Government needs from you
Specific feedback on Pillar 2 options (mitigation)
• Your views on how we can work together and
establish a enduring process for addressing climate
change issues under:
– Pillar 1 (adaptation)
– Pillar 3 (business opportunities)
– Pillar 4 (working together)
Consultation process
– Consultation meetings February-March 2007
– Feedback by 30 March 2007
– Officials report back to Government on consultation April
2007
– Government consideration of preferred policy package
mid-2007
– 0800 CLIMATE (0800 254 628)
– www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange/