New Zealand. National Communication (NC). NC 8.
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Category: UNFCCC
Document Type: National Communication
Role: Main
New Zealand has submitted its Eighth National Communication under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol, detailing its national circumstances, greenhouse gas inventory, policies and measures, projections, vulnerability assessment, adaptation measures, support provided, research, and education efforts related to climate change.
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Full text:
Te Whakawhitiwhiti Kōrero
Tuawaru ā-Motu o Aotearoa
New Zealand’s Eighth National
Communication
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
and the Kyoto Protocol
Acknowledgements
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) thanks the following organisations for their
contribution to the production of this document: Department of Conservation, Department
of Internal Affairs, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, Environmental Protection
Authority – Te Mana Rauhī Taiao, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry for Primary Industries, Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development, Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Transport, National Institute of
Water and Atmospheric Research, The Treasury, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Chapter leads
• Lead compiler: Alice Ryan (MfE)
• Chapter 1 – Executive summary: Georgia Sharp (MfE)
• Chapter 2 – National circumstances: Frances Barnett (MfE)
• Chapter 3 – Greenhouse gas inventory: Georgia Sharp (MfE)
• Chapter 4 – Policies and measures: Cassandra Moll, Alice Ryan (MfE)
• Chapter 5 – Projections: Antony Gomez, Barnaby Pace, Alice Ryan, Frances Barnett (MfE)
− Energy and Transport: Michael Smith, Kam Szeto (Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment)
− Industrial processes and product use: Jamie Higgison (MfE), Wayne Hennessy
(Verum Group – contractor)
− Agriculture: Joel Gibbs, Ben Morrow, Catherine Sangster (Ministry for Primary
Industries)
− Land use, land-use change and forestry: Craig Elvidge (Ministry for Primary Industries)
− Waste: Chris Bean and Ivan Chirino-Valle (MfE)
• Chapter 6 – Vulnerability assessment, climate change impacts and adaptation measures:
Hannah Chorley, Belinda McFadgen, Frances Barnett, Clare Browne (MfE)
• Chapter 7 – Financial, technological and capacity-building support: James Brennan,
Alison Carlin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
• Chapter 8 – Research and systematic observations: Alice Ryan (MfE)
• Chapter 9 – Education, training and public awareness: Charissa Billings (MfE)
• Supplementary information under Article 7.2 of the Kyoto Protocol: Andrea Brandon
(MfE), Johanna Milius (Environmental Protection Authority – Te Mana Rauhī Taiao)
• New Zealand’s report on the Global Climate Observing System: Jochen Schmidt
(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)
Other advisors and principal reviewers
• Principal reviewers: Andrea Brandon, Helen Plume (MfE)
• Supplementary products: Clare Browne, Georgia Sharp (MfE)
• Communications and publishing: Joanne Butcher, Daisy Smith (MfE)
• Project management: Marion Sorez (MfE)
• Quality control: Daniel Boczniewicz (MfE)
Other contributors
Ministry for the Environment
• Ivan Chirino-Valle, Mitchell Clark, Scott Gulliver, Alexandra Hunter, Jemima Jamieson,Tags: Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Change Risks, Climate Finance, Climate Protection, Compliance, Education, Energy, Funding, Ghg, Industry, Lulucf, Mitigation, Mrv, Policy, R&D, Regulation, Report, Reporting, Research, Technology, Transport, Unfccc, Waste