Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change

Options for a Plan of ActionOverview

Purpose of meeting

• 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 Introduction and process10:25am Overview10:50am Pillar 2

Presentations and questions11:30am Group discussions12:30pm Pillars 1, 3, 4

Presentation and questions1:00pm Review of meeting1:15pm 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/policyEnergy (Non-Transport) Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy

Replacement Energy Efficiency and Conservation StrategyTransitional MeasuresBroad Measures Post-2012

Transport BiofuelsVehicle fleet measuresDraft New Zealand Energy StrategyReplacement Energy Efficiency and Conservation StrategyBroad Measures Post-2012

Agriculture/Forestry Sustainable Land Management and Climate ChangePermanent Forest Sink InitiativeResearch – 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

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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/