Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act 2019

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Part 1 Climate Change Commission, emission reduction, and adaptation

4 Section 3 amended (Purpose)

Before section 3(1)(a), insert:

(aa)

provide a framework by which New Zealand can develop and implement clear and stable climate change policies that—

(i)

contribute to the global effort under the Paris Agreement to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels; and

(ii)

allow New Zealand to prepare for, and adapt to, the effects of climate change: