LCANZI submission on the CCC’s advice on the next ERP

The Climate Change Commission is consulting on its draft advice to Government on the second emissions reduction plan (covering 2026 - 2030).

You can read the full consultation document here. We also encourage all our members to make their own submission here:

CCC ERP Consultation

We want to know what our members think to help inform our submission. If you have comments/thoughts/suggestions that you think might help us, you can share these with us using the form below. Bullet points or more substantive comments are fine - we would love to hear your ideas.

The form follows the structure of the CCC's consultation document and has some prompts in each section. We would be grateful if you follow these (to help us organise the ideas we receive), although you can also use the general section in the last text box.

Thank you in advance for your time.

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Fundamentals for success

What the CCC perceives as the fundamental elements of success that underpin Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate action and which lay the foundation for effective action across all emissions budget periods. The CCC's advice in this section covers Recommendations 1 - 7 and includes advice on: - Gross emissions commitments for future budgets; - Gross emissions and reductions to be achieved by NZ forestry; - ETS reforms; - Acceleration of Iwi/Māori emissions reductions and the integration of mātauranga Māori; - the Equitable Transitions Strategy as it relates to both climate change adaption and mitigation.

Creating low emissions options

Other CCC advice split by sector which will meet the second emissions budget. The CCC's advice in this section covers Recommendations 8 - 19 and includes advice on: - Agricultural emissions pricing and related assistance to farmers; - Infrastructure relating to urban development, buildings and gas use in buildings; - Renewable energy generation and process heat decarbonization; - the role of forestry in NZ's ERP generally; - transport systems, including public and active transport, EV charging and zero emission commercial vehicles; - waste and landfill infrastructure.

Enabling system transformation

Other recommendations that the CCC sees as supporting a low emissions system transport. The CCC's advice in this section includes advice on: - research, science, innovation, and technology system; - climate funding and finance; - circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy.

Other comments

Anything else you would like to share?

The consultation closes on 20 June, please send us your thoughts by 1 June, so we can incorporate them into our submission.