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December 2020This report surveyed international frameworks, identified important lessons for outcome-based environmental management, and helps clarify what setting environmental limits and targets will require. Read more -
December 2020This report translates the planetary boundaries framework to show New Zealand’s global environmental connections and quantifies where our country sits in terms of operating within environmentally safe boundaries. Read more -
October 2020This report assesses the suitability of using New Zealand Rural Fire Authority’s Fire Danger Rating System as an indicator on wildfire risk for the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ’s environmental reporting. Read more -
October 2020This report describes the climate datasets that were supplied by NIWA for use in Our atmosphere and climate 2020, and outlines the methodologies used to generate them. Read more -
August 2020This technical report provides further detail on the risk assessment findings of New Zealand's first national climate change risk assessment. It includes profiles of all the risks, opportunities and knowledge gaps identified. Read more -
August 2020This report documents the methodology used in the National Climate Change Risk Assessment and the associated engagement. It supports organisations to carry out their own national, local and regional risk assessments. Read more -
August 2020This 2007 report evaluated the effects of air pollution in 67 urban areas across New Zealand on the 2001 population and ambient monitoring data. Read more -
August 2020This report presents the findings of New Zealand’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment. It gives a national picture of the risks New Zealand faces from climate change to help prioritise action. Read more -
August 2020This report summarises the updated (2012) Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand (HAPINZ) study which evaluates the effects of air pollution on human health across New Zealand and the resulting social costs. Read more -
August 2020This report provides the technical information for the updated Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand (HAPINZ) study which evaluates the effects of air pollution on human health across New Zealand and the resulting social costs. Read more -
August 2020This document is a users’ guide to the health effects model underpinning the updated (2012) Health Air Pollution in New Zealand study. Read more -
May 2020This report scopes the potential development of a land-use intensity indicator for environmental reporting. Read more -
April 2020This modelling report from Energy Link provides a range of possible new values for the electricity allocation factor using different parameters, scenarios and modelling methodologies. Read more -
February 2020This report presents the model used to analyse options to amend the National Environmental Standards for Air Quality (in terms of costs and benefits), and summarises the key findings of the preferred option. Read more -
February 2020This NIWA report presents a modelled baseline of current concentrations of PM2.5 in ambient air and associated health impacts. Read more -
January 2020This report presents the results of our work to identify a range of possible options to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand, as well as the potential scale and estimated costs of each option. Read more -
November 2019This report by Scientia Consulting estimates the actual EAF in the wholesale electricity market over 2016 and 2017 using actual and counterfactual (not NZ ETS costs) spot prices. Read more -
November 2019This report by Concept Consulting compared input values used in the previous modelling of the EAF against reality. It found that if actual values had been used the EAF would be lower than its current level. Read more -
November 2019This report from Energy Link recommends a range of parameters and values for the proposed EAF modelling. Read more -
November 2019This report presents the model used to analyse options to amend the National Environmental Standards for Air Quality (in terms of costs and benefits), and summarises the key findings of the preferred option. Read more -
November 2019This report presents a modelled baseline of current concentrations of PM2.5 in ambient air and associated health impacts. Read more -
September 2019This report prepared by MRCagney informs work on understanding and measuring the wider costs and benefits of urban development under the Urban Growth Agenda. Read more -
August 2019This Beca report presents a review and analysis of the main urban zoning provisions within district plans for selected ‘high-growth’ councils. Read more -
May 2019This report by NZIER is the second stage of its Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling of the economic impacts of meeting different 2050 emissions targets. Read more -
May 2019This document is a peer review of NZIER's report Economic impact of meeting 2050 emissions targets: Stage 2 modelling by Dr Niven Winchester. Read more -
May 2019The Productivity Commission and the Ministry for the Environment contracted a consortium of organisations (‘CMV’) with experience in modelling and the economics of climate change mitigation to undertake modelling of New Zealand’s transition to a low-emissions economy. The modelling examines pathways from the present to the two 2050 emissions reduction targets. Read more -
May 2019This report gives a high-level overview of the ‘social good’ benefits associated with electrifying process heat and reducing coal use. Read more -
October 2018This report presents summary information and statistics on the composition and sources of airborne particulate matter (PM) samples collected at air quality monitoring sites around New Zealand. Read more -
October 2018This report details a national inventory for 2015 for priority air pollutants. Read more -
October 2018This report supports the provision of nitrogen dioxide concentrations data. Read more -
October 2018This report presents a stocktake of black carbon concentrations measured in atmospheric aerosol samples collected at approximately 40 air quality monitoring sites across New Zealand and identifies the primary sources of the black carbon. Read more -
September 2018This report, prepared for the Ministry for the Environment by NIWA, examines the potential impacts of climate change on hydrological conditions at 20 river mouths around the country. Read more -
August 2018This guide explains how the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) is designed and how it operates (a snapshot as at August 2018). Read more -
June 2018This report synthesises the series of economic analyses: modelling and other supporting economic studies, and their different strengths and weaknesses, to assess the economic impacts of target options and the wider impacts of stronger climate action. Read more -
Emissions pricing impact on innovation and competitiveness: A review of the international literatureJune 2018This report reviews the international literature regarding the impact of emissions pricing on the innovation and competitiveness of industries. Read more -
June 2018The transition to a low-emissions economy will bring many costs and benefits. This report analyses the available evidence on the co-benefits (eg, health, congestion) of possible policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand. Read more -
June 2018The bottom-up modelling approach taken in this report sets out the pathways for the transition and how decision-making impacts economic activity and greenhouse gas emissions under uncertain future states of the world. Read more -
June 2018In this report, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) uses a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to explore the economic impacts of transitioning to targets and a lower-emissions future, and examines how the economy changes in response to the imposition of various targets. Read more -
June 2018This report by Sense Partners examines data and analyses on the ability of New Zealand businesses and sectors to innovate and compete in a world of uneven emissions prices. Read more -
April 2018This report, prepared by consultancy Mōhio, examines climate finance in New Zealand. It includes a snapshot of key existing climate finance flows and a look at the instruments available to the Government and private sector such as grants, debt and bonds. Read more -
March 2018The Ministry for the Environment commissioned Covec to explore options for market oversight of the Emissions Trading Scheme. This report addresses whether there is a need for regulation of the market in a similar way to regulation of financial markets, to address potential or existing problems. Read more -
March 2018The Ministry for the Environment commissioned Sapere to analyse the current information provision in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. The report offers recommendations on what, how and when information needs to be provided to the market to improve its efficiency. Read more -
February 2018The report provides an inventory of the annual distribution of mercury and mercury-containing goods and materials in New Zealand from anthropogenic (man-made) sources, for a base year of 2016. It builds on the information in the previous 2012 and 2008 mercury inventories. Read more -
December 2017This research identifies international and domestic trends and best practice for urban growth management strategies and recommends what guidance could be developed for councils to assist them to meet policies PC12, PC13 and PC14 of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity. Read more -
July 2017This report is the first in a series commissioned to better understand the effect of climate change and related policies on Māori and iwi. Read more -
May 2017The Ministry for the Environment commissioned CRL Energy to provide information and calculations of HFC consumption, the import minus the export of bulk HFCs, in New Zealand. This assessment includes historical information and New Zealand’s phase down steps under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Read more -
October 2016A comprehensive draft version of this report informed evidence and monitoring policies in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity 2016 (NPS-UDC) and the implementation programme. It has assisted in determining which indicators would best provide useful information, and what monitoring would be practical in terms of data availability, frequency, capabilities and costs. Read more -
June 2016This paper looks at planning practices for providing development capacity for housing and business needs in the United Kingdom (UK) and two Australian states, Victoria and New South Wales. Read more -
March 2016This report priorities suggested improvements to enhance and expand air domain reporting. Read more -
February 2016This technical note sets out the results of macroeconomic modelling, by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, on the impacts of removing the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme one-for-two transitional measure at various carbon prices. Read more