New Zealand’s greenhouse gas information
Greenhouse Gas Inventory
New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 – 2009
New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2009 is the official annual report of all human-caused emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in New Zealand and is a Tier 1 statistic.The inventory measures New Zealand’s progress against its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol as well as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2010 will be released on 12 April 2012.
Guidance for voluntary corporate greenhouse gas reporting
Published annually, this guidance is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. It endorses the referenced reporting frameworks such as The GHG Protocol, and provides information (emission factors and methods) to enable organisations to apply them.
Go to the latest guide: Guidance for Voluntary Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Data and Methods for the 2010 Calendar Year.
Go to the annual series for Guidance for Voluntary Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting.
New Zealand’s Kyoto Protocol position
Under the Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand will have to limit its levels of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels, on average, during the period 2008 to 2012. If we cannot reach this target, we will have to take responsibility for any excess emissions.
The net position is a forecast of New Zealand’s emissions against this target.
Each year, the Ministry for the Environment leads a whole-of-government process to produce a net position report for the Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues. The report provides a forecast of New Zealand’s likely balance of emissions units during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008–2012).
The net position webpage also includes the latest information on the provision for the Kyoto Protocol Financial Position.
The net position reports were reviewed in 2005, 2007, and 2009 by independent consultants with expertise in projecting greenhouse gas emissions. The review reports are available at the Ministry's publication page.
Greenhouse Gas Emission Projections to 2020
In December 2009, the Ministry for the Environment published the Fifth National Communication Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Fifth National Communication included projections of emissions and removals out to 2020 from each of the six main sectors – Agriculture, Energy, Industrial Processes, Solvents, Waste, and Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry. It projected removals from New Zealand forests under the Convention, as well as projecting removals from Article 3.3 forests under the Kyoto Protocol. These projections are reported in Chapter Five of the Fifth National Communication.
Last updated: 16 December 2011
