As the report notes, "Transport currently contributes about 20% (16 Mt CO2e) of New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions, and is also the most rapidly increasing source of emissions. The modelling shows that accelerated electrification of transport could reduce transport emissions by about 6.4 Mt CO2e in the year 2035, relative to current levels." The first was the announcement by Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter of the new feebate scheme designed to lower transport emissions. Alongside the scheme is a new "clean car standard" requiring imported vehicles to be lower in emissions. Submissions on the Zero Carbon Bill closed on Tuesday (it's actually called the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill, which is a bit of a mouthful).

Source: Otago Daily Times July 21, 2019 15:33 UTC