How the Party addressed Article 4, paragraph 3,
of the Paris Agreement (i.e. how NDC target
represents progression and highest possible
ambition):
adline target, and the gap between the business-as-usual emissions curve and
emissions curve needed to meet the NDC target.
This analysis concluded that the updated NDC to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to
50 per cent below gross 2005 levels by 2030 is a fair contribution for New Zealand in light
of the range of indicators outlined above.
New Zealand's updated first NDC represents a progression beyond New Zealand's first
NDC submitted upon ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2016. It is an increase in ambition
in terms of headline number, cost and emissions impact, reduction from business-as-usual
emissions and contribution to the global effort to limit warming to 1.5C.
How the Party has addressed Article 4,
paragraph 6, of the Paris Agreement (i.e. LD and
small island developing states may prepare and
communicate strategies, plans and actions for
low greenhouse gas emissions development
reflecting their special circumstances):
Element: How the NDC contributes towards achieving the objective of the Convention as set out in its Article 2
Information:
New Zealand is working with Tokelau on how best to reflect its strategies and plans, noting
that New Zealand already includes Tokelau in its greenhouse gas inventory and provides
information from Tokelau in its national communications.
Sub-element:
Article 2 of the Convention (i.e. stabilisation of New Zealand welcomed the IPCC's Special Report on global warming of 1.5C, and the