Summary Description
- Reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- AgricultureClimate & environmental protection
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Farmed animals
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- New Zealand
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Policy
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Non-binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2020
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- He Waka Eke Noa, Five-Year Program, October 2020
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Establishes a five-year partnership between the Government, the primary sector, and iwi/M?ori to mitigate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions levels.
- Makes it mandatory, through the Climate Change Response Act, for a quarter of farms to have a written plan in place to measure and manage their GHG emissions by 1 January 2022 and for all farms to have a written plan in place to measure and manage their greenhouse gas emissions by 1 January 2025.
- Weaknesses
- Only applies to farms that are 80 hectares or more, or have a dairy supply number, or are a cattle feedlot as defined in freshwater policy.