The UK Climate Change Act

an act to follow?

Authors

  • Prue Taylor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v14i3.5106

Keywords:

UK Climate Change Act, Zero Carbon Bill, Paris Agreement, mitigation, adaptation, policy development

Abstract

The New Zealand government recently announced an intention to make the country carbon neutral by 2050. Interest has been expressed in using the United Kingdom’s Climate Change Act 2008 as a model to achieve this goal. However, more needs to be done to critically review the UK legislation’s applicability to the New Zealand context. This article identifies some of the issues emerging from a ten-year review of the UK act. It is hoped that close consideration of these issues will inform New Zealand policy and legislative development.

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Published

2018-08-13

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2018): Policy Quarterly Special issue: Assessing and Enhancing New Zealand's Productivity

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