Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change

1. Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Options for a Plan of Action Overview

2. Purpose of meeting • Inform about content of discussion document • Provide additional information • Answer questions to help you prepare submissions • Record key elements of your feedback • The start of ongoing, long term discussion

3. Meeting structure 10:15am Introduction and process 10:25am Overview 10:50am Pillar 2 Presentations and questions 11:30am Group discussions 12:30pm Pillars 1, 3, 4 Presentation and questions 1:00pm Review of meeting 1:15pm Lunch

4. Groundrules Please: • Have your say • Keep questions and comments to the point • Allow for all views • Any questions about groundrules?

5. International context • 2007 IPCC 4th Assessment Report – “science unequivocal” • Other governments are taking action on climate change – “border taxes” • Overseas markets and business also responding – supermarkets, insurance companies, oil companies • Dealing with climate change isn’t going to go away Figure: http://www.ipcc.ch

6. Domestic context • In this environment, New Zealand must be seen to play its part and take action • New Zealand is highly exposed to climate change (environmentally and economically) • Agriculture and forestry critical to NZ economy • NZ is committed to reduce emissions to 1990 levels or take responsibility for them • Future economy-wide cost on carbon • Every sector is expected to take action

7. Economy-wide action

8. Post-2012 measures • Discussion on measures for whole economy post-2012 • Options include: - Price measures – emissions trading, emission charges- Non-price – regulatory,voluntary • Transition towards post-2012 measures • Government preference – broad price measure across key sectors of the economy post-2012 • How could agriculture and/or forestry sectors be incorporated into a broad price measure? • Submissions also due 30 March

9. Contribution of agriculture, horticulture and forestry • Agriculture, horticulture and forestry exports $18.5 bn, or 65% of NZ’s total exports • Contribute almost 20% to GDP • Highly efficient

10. Projected excess emissions from key sectors over the first five-year Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol Forest sinks

11. Four Pillars • It is proposed that the Plan of Action will comprise four ‘Pillars’ • Pillar 1: Adapting to climate change • Pillar 2: Reducing emissions and enhancing sinks • Pillar 3: Capitalising on business opportunities • Pillar 4: Working together • No decisions have been made

12. What Government needs from you Specific feedback on Pillar 2 options (mitigation) • Your views on how we can work together and establish a enduring process for addressing climate change issues under: • Pillar 1 (adaptation) • Pillar 3 (business opportunities) • Pillar 4 (working together)

13. Consultation process • Consultation meetings February-March 2007 • Feedback by 30 March 2007 • Officials report back to Government on consultation April 2007 • Government consideration of preferred policy package mid-2007 • 0800 CLIMATE (0800 254 628) • www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange/