Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Vote: Special Debates — Climate Change Response Act 2022—Emissions Budgets
🗳️ That this House express its support for the following proposed domestic emissions budgets, which set out the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions that will be permitted in each emissions budget period as a net amount of carbon dioxide equivalent, and are to be notified under the Climate Change Response Act 2002: 290 megatonnes (million tonnes) carbon dioxide equivalent in the first emissions budget period 2022-25; 305 megatonnes carbon dioxide equivalent in the second emissions budget period 2026-30; and 240 megatonnes carbon dioxide equivalent in the third emissions budget period 2031-35
Moved by
Hon James Shaw
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand — List Member)
BARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Thank you, Madam Speaker. Following on from the earlier speeches by my colleagues Nicola Willis and Scott Simpson, National does absolutely support the emissions targets, including the net zero Paris Agreement. As... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(107 Ayes – 10 Noes – 2 Absent)
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🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 65 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 32 | 0 |