Climate Policy

The Climate Defence Network's main focus is on developing climate change policy proposals, making use of the expertise contained within our Supporting Organisations.

Current Policy Work

We are currently developing responses to the Government's proposed target to take the Copenhagen climate negotiations in December 2009, and to the greatly weakened Emissions Trading Scheme which the Government has introduced to Parliament with the support of the Maori Party. When these responses have been completed, we will post them here.

Past Climate Policy Document and Submissions

CDN SUBMISSIONS 2008

• Sustainable Transport (PDF, 84KB)
• Climate Change Bill (PDF, 132KB)
• Climate Change Bill - supplementary submission (PDF, 48KB)

CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY AND LAND USE POLICY PROPOSALS 2007

Below are the submissions made in March 2007 by the Climate Defence Network on the following documents.

1. "Overview"
2. Transitional Measures
3. Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in NZ Post-2012
4. The Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy to 2050 and the New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
5. Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change