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来自新西兰气候变化部长詹姆斯.肖6月9日的消息，关于应对气候变化的可实现蓝图发布。
· 报告说，政府在减排方面取得了良好进展，但还需要采取更多行动。用现有技术实现可实现和负担得起的气候目标。
· 拖延行动的经济成本高于现在采取行动的成本
· 气候行动的好处包括改善健康和降低能源开支
· 所有部长通过减排计划帮助实现气候目标
。气候变化委员会应对气候变化的蓝图证实，政府在减少排放方面取得了良好进展，但现在需要加强。
委员会的最后建议规定了新西兰今后15年必须减少的排放总量。它还提供了政府可以遵循的三种不同途径，以将之控制在拟议的排放预算之内。
杰辛达·阿德恩说:”委员会的最后建议表明，本届政府正在采取行动，在所有正确的领域减少排放。
新西兰向低排放未来的过渡将为新西兰企业创造就业机会和新机会，帮助减少家庭能源支出，并确保我们从COVID-19中复苏。由于温暖、干燥的家庭、更多的步行和骑自行车以及更少的空气污染，健康也会受益。
委员会首次明确表示，从长远来看，拖延行动只会使经济更加困难和昂贵：它预测，到2050年，不采取行动将使我们损失GDP的2.3，几乎是我们现在采取行动的经济成本的两倍。
现在采取行动更聪明、更便宜，这就是为什么我们在过去三年半里为繁荣、低排放的经济奠定了基础。
但我们从委员会的建议中可以看出，还有更多工作要做。
我们需要确保我们出行的方式、食物的种植方式以及我们获得能源以保持家庭、学校和医院温暖的地方符合我们的气候目标。
我们将如何做到这一点，将在年底前公布的减排计划中提出”。
气候变化部长詹姆斯·肖说;”该建议的发布标志着新西兰政府为建设新西兰的低排放未来所做的工作的重要时刻。
过去三年半来，我们在应对气候变化方面做得比过去350年各国政府的共同努力还要多，包括成为世界上最早将1.5度全球变暖门槛纳入法律的国家之一。
然而，我们尚未看到我们排放到大气中的污染持续下降。即使我们这样做了，我们也需要确保衰退继续下去，事实上，每年都会加快速度，直到我们达到净零。委员会的建议明确指出，这是可能的，但前提是我们现在采取行动。
他们制定了一条途径，需要政府的每一个部门都参与谈判，并承诺采取进一步行动，减少本部门的排放。如果我们能做到这一点，那么我们就能扭转目前的趋势，最终使排放量按照科学的要求下降。每个人都需要做工作，因此从现在起，几乎每个部长都会在某些方面成为气候变化部长。
我要借此机会感谢委员会的辛勤工作、分析上的诚实和严谨。他们的成就将对我们孩子从我们那里继承的星球类型产生持久的影响”。
委员会收到了15 000多份答复其建议草案的呈件。
我要感谢所有花时间与委员会分享意见的人。哈辛达·阿尔登说;”
委员会的最后建议为在一系列部门减少排放开辟了道路，政府正在就所有这些部门取得进展”。
金融委员会的建议，建议政府把排放交易计划的收入回收回减排计划。财政部长格兰特·罗伯逊已经承诺从2022年预算中这样做。
格兰特·罗伯逊说;”在实现减排目标方面取得更快进展非常重要，回收ETS收入将确保可持续的资金能够实现。
委员会还强调了关于金融公司面临气候风险的明确和透明信息的重要性”。
詹姆斯·肖指出，新西兰最近成为世界上第一个出台法律要求大型金融公司报告气候变化的国家。
欧盟委员会表示，在继续发展经济的同时，可以采取行动减少排放。到2050年，GDP水平可能比我们继续执行今天的政策时低1.2左右。重要的是，委员会说，这被无所作为的代价所压倒。报告称，推迟关键行动可能导致2050年GDP水平下降约2.3。
运输，运输是目前新西兰地区增长最快的温室气体排放源。从1990年至2019年，公路运输的排放量增加了96.2。
在解决气候危机方面，减少运输排放至关重要。政府已经在增加使用低排放燃料和为电动汽车安装充电基础设施等领域提出委员会的建议。
运输部长迈克尔·伍德还发布了讨论文件。
迈克尔·伍德说;”Hīkina特·科胡帕拉-起亚毛里奥拉艾伊维-运输排放，到2050年实现净零的途径，阐述可能列入即将实施的减排计划的政策。
减少整个运输部门的排放是一项艰巨的任务，但它是可以实现的，将有助于支持我们的经济复苏。我们致力于确保交通在减排计划中发挥作用，以履行我们的气候承诺，疏通我们的城市，并在全国创造可持续的就业机会”。
农业，农业是另一个对我们低排放未来至关重要的部门。委员会强调进一步研究减少农业生物甲烷排放的重要性，以及政府为建立世界上唯一的农业一级排放计量、管理和定价系统而进行的工作。
委员会表明，农业部门在实现气候变化目标方面发挥其作用是负担得起的，也是可以实现的。全国各地的农民在协调业务和减少排放的努力方面正在取得良好进展。
农业部长达米安·奥康纳说表示:”我们现在面临的挑战是加快现有技术的使用，并确保进一步采用减少排放的农场做法。我们将在即将出台的减排计划中阐明我们计划如何做到这一点。新西兰是世界上第一个制定农业排放价格的国家，我们目前正在建设世界上唯一的农业排放计量、管理和定价体系，该系统将于2025年生效”。
关于能源，能源和资源部长梅根·伍兹说;”该委员会表示，政府投资脱碳产业基金等举措对于支持工业向更清洁的未来过渡至关重要。他们的最后建议也强调了逐步淘汰燃煤锅炉的重要性，政府承诺到2037年完成。我们在促进新西兰清洁能源方面正在取得真正的进展，但我们知道还有很多事情要做。我们致力于以公平和公正的方式实现能源和工业部门的脱碳，以符合我们的气候变化目标″。
“欧盟委员会还表示，改革排放交易计划提供的价格信号将是碳化过程热的关键，政府正在对ETS进行一系列改革，这些改革将在上学期对ETS进行彻底改革和首次对排放进行下限的基础上再接再厉”，姆斯·肖说
建筑物，新西兰的低碳未来意味着确保低排放、节能、温暖、健康的家庭和工作场所。委员会强调政府在这方面的工作，包括计划将成功的气候变化建筑方案扩大到包括现有建筑。
建筑和建设部长波托·威廉姆斯说;”气候变化建设方案正在深入研究如何减少排放和改善建筑性能”。
气候变化委员会的报告对这项工作方案作出了重要贡献。 它提供的建议和信息将有助于塑造正在进行的全面工作，以创造建筑和建筑部门的有效变革。
Release of an achievable blueprint for tackling climate change
News from the Minister of Climate Change of New Zealand on June 10, on the release of a achievable blueprint for tackling climate change
Achievable blueprint for addressing climate change released
· Report says Government making good progress on emissions reduction, but more action required
· Meeting climate targets achievable and affordable with existing technology
· Economic cost of delaying action higher than taking action now
· Benefits from climate action include health improvements and lower energy bills
· All Ministers to help meet climate targets through Emissions Reduction Plan
The Climate Change Commission’s blueprint for addressing climate change has confirmed the Government has made good progress to reduce emissions, but a step up is now required.
The Commission’s final advice sets out the total amount of emissions New Zealand must cut over the next 15 years. It also provides three different pathways the Government could follow to keep within the proposed emission budgets.
“The Commission’s final advice shows that this Government is taking action to reduce emissions in all the right areas,” Jacinda Ardern said.
“The transition to a low emissions future for Aotearoa New Zealand will create jobs and new opportunities for Kiwi businesses, help reduce household energy bills, and secure our recovery from COVID-19. There will also be benefits to health because of warmer, drier homes, more walking and cycling, and less air pollution.
“The Commission makes clear for the first time that delaying action will only make the effort harder and more expensive for the economy in the long run; it predicts that not taking action now will cost us 2.3 percent of GDP by 2050, almost double the cost to our economy of acting now.
“It is smarter and cheaper to act now, and that’s why we’ve spent the last three and a half year laying the foundations for a prosperous, low-emissions economy.
“But we can see from the Commission’s advice there is more to do.
“We need to ensure the way we get around, how we grow our food, and where we get energy from to keep our homes, schools, and hospitals warm is consistent with our climate targets.
“How we’ll do this will be set out in an Emissions Reduction Plan that will be published before the end of the year.”
Climate Change Minister, James Shaw said the release of the advice marks a significant moment in the work this Government is doing to build a low emissions future for Aotearoa New Zealand.
“We have done more to fight the climate crisis in the last three and a half years than the combined efforts of governments over the last three and a half decades, including becoming one of the first countries in the world to put the 1.5 degrees global warming threshold into law.
“However we are yet to see a sustained decline in the pollution we put into the atmosphere. And even when we do, we need to ensure that decline continues and, in fact, picks up pace, every year until we hit net-zero. The Commission’s advice makes clear that this is possible, but only if we act now.
“They have set out a pathway that would need every part of the Government to come to the table and commit to further action to bring down emissions in their sector. If we can do that, then we can reverse the current trend and finally bring emissions down in line with what science requires. There will be work for everyone to do, so from now on nearly every Minister will, in some ways, be a Climate Change Minister.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Commission for their hard work, analytical honesty and rigour. What they have achieved will have a lasting impact on the type of planet our children inherit from us,” James Shaw said.
The Commission received more than 15,000 submissions in response to its draft advice.
“I would like to thank everyone who took the time to share their views with the Commission.” Jacinda Ardern said.
The Commission’s final advice sets out a pathway for reducing emissions across a range of sectors, all of which the Government is making progress on.
Finance
The Commission’s advice recommends that the Government recycle revenue from the Emissions Trading Scheme back into emissions reductions programmes. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has already committed to doing this from Budget 2022.
“It is important to make faster progress towards meeting our emissions reductions goals and recycling ETS revenue will ensure sustainable funding is available to get there,” Grant Robertson said.
The Commission also highlights the importance of clear and transparent information about financial firms’ exposure to climate risk. James Shaw noted that Aotearoa New Zealand recently became the first country in the world to introduce a law that would require large financial firms to report on climate change.
The Commission says action can be taken to reduce emissions while continuing to grow the economy. In 2050, the level of GDP could be around 1.2 percent lower than it would be if we continued with the policies we have today. Importantly, the Commission says this is outweighed by the cost of inaction. Delaying key action, it says, could result in the level of GDP in 2050 falling by around 2.3 percent.
Transport
Transport is currently the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emission in Aotearoa New Zealand. From 1990 to 2019 emissions from road transport increased by 96.2 percent.
When it comes to addressing the climate crisis, cutting emissions from transport will be vital. The Government is already taking forward the Commission’s recommendations in areas like increasing the use of low emission fuels and installing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
The Minister of Transport, Michael Wood has also released the discussion document Hīkina te Kohupara – Kia mauri ora ai te iwi – Transport Emissions: Pathways to Net Zero by 2050 setting out policies that could be included in the forthcoming Emissions Reduction Plan.
“Reducing emissions across the transport sector is a massive task, but it is achievable and will help support our economic recovery. We’re committed to making sure transport does its part in the Emissions Reduction Plan to meet our climate commitments, unclog our cities, and create sustainable jobs across the country,” Michael Wood said.
Agriculture
Agriculture is another sector vital to our low emissions future. The Commission highlights the importance of further research into reducing agriculture biogenic methane emissions, as well as the Government’s work to build the world’s only farm-level emissions measurement, management and pricing system.
“The Commission shows that it is both affordable and achievable for the agriculture sector to play its part in meeting our climate change targets. Farmers around the country are making good progress to align their business with efforts to reduce emissions. Our challenge now is to accelerate the use of existing technologies and ensure the further adoption of on-farm practices that lower emissions. We will set out how we plan to do this in the forthcoming Emissions Reduction Plan,” Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said.
Aotearoa New Zealand is the first country in the world to legislate for a price on agricultural emissions and we’re currently building the world’s only farm-level emissions measurement, management and pricing system, which will come into effect in 2025.
Energy
The Commission says initiatives like the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry Fund are crucial for supporting industry to transition to a cleaner future. Their final advice also highlights the importance of phasing out coal boilers, which the Government has committed to doing by 2037.
“We are making real progress to boost clean energy in Aotearoa New Zealand, but we know there is more to do. We are committed to decarbonising our energy and industrial sectors in a fair and equitable way that aligns with meeting our climate change targets,” Minister of Energy and Resources Megan Woods said.
The Commission also says the price signal provided by the reform Emissions Trading Scheme will be key to decarbonising process heat. James Shaw said the Government is working on a number of reforms to the ETS which will build on the work it did last term to overhaul the ETS and put a sinking lid on emissions for the first time.
Buildings
A low carbon future for Aotearoa New Zealand means ensuring low emissions, energy-efficient, warm, healthy homes and workplaces. The Commission highlights the Government’s work in this area, including plans to extend the successful Building for Climate Change programme to include existing buildings.
“The Building for Climate Change programme is looking in depth at what can be done to reduce emissions and improve the performance of buildings,” says Minister for Building and Construction Poto Williams.
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