National's first act in power was to repeal all effective climate change policy. How's that working out for them? Badly:
New Zealand is at risk of missing all of its climate targets, and time to get back on track is running out, the Climate Change Commission says.And that's after they twiddled the numbers by refusing to update the budgets to take account of methodological improvements.The commission says lagging progress on switching to low-emissions technology is no longer just a climate change problem: it's preventing households from saving money on energy costs.
Its annual emissions monitoring report said New Zealand's climate pollution had gradually decreased over time.
However, progress stalled in 2024, and the pace of reductions now needed to double to get back on track, it said.
If the government did not come up with new ways to save emissions within the next year or two, the country would not be able to meet some of its targets at all, the commission warned.
The full report is here. The figure on p9 says it all:
[CC-BY He Pou a Rangi]
The regime's policies - such as they are - are failures, and unlikely to deliver the emissions reductions claimed. Even if they did, the regime would still fail to meet the 2031-35 budget. Which means they need to do more. Instead, they're weakening the Commission and removing its ability to advise on budgets, so it can't make politically awkward recommendations to strengthen targets, or even meet them. Which makes it clear that this is a regime of arsonists, who want to burn down the world.
This regime needs to go. Vote them out in November, so we can start saving the planet.
