Have Your Say on New Zealand's 2020 Emissions Target Policy

We have received this pānui from the Ministry for the Environment regarding the New Zealand's 2020 Emissions Target Policy. We are aware they are NOT holding any public meetings in Northland, but there are other options for you to “have your say”:

Have your say!

International negotiations to address climate change are reaching a critical point, leading up to a major United Nations conference in Copenhagen late this year. The New Zealand Government is working actively to secure an effective global agreement.

As part of these efforts, we intend to publicly state New Zealand’s 2020 emissions target policy in August. We wish to hear your views so they can be taken into account when setting New Zealand's 2020 emissions target policy. To assist in that process, the Minister for Climate Change Issues the Hon Dr Nick Smith is holding a series of public meetings around the country this month.

You can have your say on New Zealand’s 2020 emissions target policy by:

• attending one of the meetings being held around the country (see list below)

• submitting questions for the Minister for Climate Change Issues’ online video conference to be held from 7.30pm on Monday 20 July at www.r2.co.nz. Questions can be submitted in advance at 2020target@mfe.govt.nz

• emailing or writing to the Minister with your views at nick.smith@ministers.govt.nz or Hon Dr Nick Smith, Minister for Climate Change Issues, PO Box 10362, WELLINGTON 6143.

We are producing an information brochure to help you understand the challenges associated with setting a 2020 emissions target. A link to the brochure will be set up in the next few days on http://www.climatechange.govt.nz

Get in quick! Act now!

To help us gauge numbers coming to the public meetings, please register your interest at the following link:

http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/survey/x09nz2020register.htm

Public meetings: