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New Zealand: ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Release of national Energy Strategy to 2050

Prime Minister Helen Clark unveiled an ambitious plan to respond to the risks of climate change by reducing the greenhouse gases caused by the production and use of energy. The New Zealand «Energy Strategy to 2050» specifically responds to the challenges of providing enough energy to meet the needs of a growing economy, maintaining security of supply and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

New Zealand Energy Strategy to 2050: New Zealand: ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Among the targets described in the report are the following:

  • To halve domestic transport emissions per capita by 2040, and for New Zealand to be one of the first countries to widely deploy electric vehicles.
  • To increase the diversity of transport fuels by introducing biofuels and, in time, electric cars. This will make New Zealand more resilient to international oil price uncertainty and risks of supply disruptions.
  • To continually upgrade provisions for travel alternatives such as public transport, walking and cycling in order to provide an alternative to private vehicle travel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • To increase the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources from today 70 to 90 per cent by 2025. In combination with energy efficiency measures New Zealand will thereby cut greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 emissions level.

The Minister of Energy declares that New Zealand is «determined to become a truly sustainable nation, and even a carbon neutral nation.» He is convinced that the Energy Strategy to 2050 «maps out an ambitious but achievable pathway for the reduction of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.»

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