Planting pines to soak up carbon is no longer a viable option for NZ to meet its climate change challenge, but the outlook for farmers is positive in a low-carbon future, Climate Change Commission says.
Cooking with gas will start becoming a thing of the past from mid-decade if the Climate Change Commission's advice on how to 'pick up the pace' to meet climate change targets is accepted.
Energy strategy must include long-term plan for hard-to-decarbonise industries like steel making, cement and lime.
Emission standards, feebates and a ban on imports needed to accelerate NZ uptake of EVs, consultants say.