Review of Climate Change Policies

1 Background to the review

2 International context

3 New Zealand domestic context

4 Policy choices

5 New Zealand's strategic climate change goal

6 International setting, New Zealand position and strategy for UNFCCC COP11

7 Conclusions

References

Annex 1: Background on forestry and rules

Annex 2: The role of non-climate policies in a sustainable forestry framework

Annex 3: Policy criteria

Annex 4: The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

Annex 5: Computable General Equilibrium Model

Glossary of terms

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4 Policy choices

4.1 Overall Mitigation Prospects

4.2 Price-based measures

4.3 Non-price and supplementary price measures

4.4 Energy (non-transport)

4.5 Transport sector

4.6 Land-use change and forestry

4.7 Non-energy emissions from agriculture

4.8 Moving towards a purchasing strategy

4.9 Alternative approaches to meeting New Zealand’s commitments in CP1