New Zealand remains on track to meet Target 9

New Zealand remains ‘on track’ to meet the Government’s public sector target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

Target 9 is to reduce emissions. The target has two parts, which relate to meeting New Zealand’s first and second emissions budgets.

The performance rating of ‘on track’ has not changed this quarter, as the projections informing Target 9 have not changed.

The rating is based on the emissions projections released with the second emissions reduction plan in December 2024. Those projections give confidence that New Zealand can meet both its first and second first emissions budgets, and so achieve Target 9, with the implementation of the policies and initiatives in the second emissions reduction plan.