2 Jun 2025 03:45:46
Posted: 12 May 2025
Incentives to boost the uptake of rooftop solar by homeowners and decarbonisation agreements with big emitters were among the policies considered by the Government last year, as it sought to bridge the gap between business as usual and New Zealand’s ambitious climate targets.
Documents released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show Climate Change Minister Simon Watts wrote to then-energy minister Simeon Brown in September, asking him to search for more policies beyond the Government’s Electrify NZ plan and new carbon capture regulations. Those two policies, already announced by the Government at that stage, were projected to reduce energy emissions by just 0.3 percent over the second half of the decade.
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