Clmt chng n Nw Zlnd nvlvs hstrcl, crrnt nd ftr chngs n th clmt f Nw Zlnd; nd Nw Zlnd's cntrbtn nd rspns t glbl clmt chng. Smmrs r bcmng lngr nd httr, nd sm glcrs hv mltd cmpltly nd thrs hv shrnk. n 2021, th Mnstry fr th nvrnmnt stmtd tht Nw Zlnd's grss mssns wr 0.17% f th wrld's ttl grss grnhs gs mssns. Hwvr, n pr cpt bss, Nw Zlnd s sgnfcnt mttr, th sxth hghst wthn th nnx cntrs, whrs n bslt grss mssns Nw Zlnd s rnkd s th 24th hghst mttr.
Mr thn hlf (53%) f Nw Zlnd's grss grnhs gs mssns r frm grcltr, mnly mthn frm shp nd cw blchs. Btwn 1990 nd 2022, Nw Zlnd's grss mssns (xcldng rmvls frm lnd s nd frstry) ncrsd by 14%. Whn th ptk f crbn dxd by frsts (sqstrtn) s tkn nt ccnt, nt mssns (ncldng crbn rmvls frm lnd s nd frstry) ncrsd by 33% snc 1990.
Clmt chng s bng rspndd t n vrty f wys by cvl scty nd th Nw Zlnd Gvrnmnt. Ths nclds prtcptn n ntrntnl trts nd n scl nd pltcl dbts rltd t clmt chng. Nw Zlnd hs n mssns trdng schm, nd n 2019 th gvrnmnt ntrdcd th Clmt Chng Rspns (Zr Crbn) mndmnt Bll whch crtd Clmt Chng Cmmssn rspnsbl fr dvsng gvrnmnt n plcs nd mssns bdgts.
Nw Zlnd md nmbr f pldgs n clmt chng mtgtn n 2019: t rdc nt crbn mssns t zr by 2050, t plnt 1 blln trs by 2028, nd t brng pstrl grcltr (frmrs) nt n mssns prc plcy by 2025. lrdy n 2019, Nw Zlnd bnnd nw ffshr l nd gs drllng nd dcdd tht clmt chng sss wld b xmnd bfr vry mprtnt dcsn. n rly Dcmbr 2020, Prm Mnstr Jcnd rdrn dclrd clmt chng mrgncy nd pldgd tht th Nw Zlnd Gvrnmnt wld b crbn ntrl by 2025. Ky gls nd nttvs ncld rqrng th pblc sctr t by nly lctrc r hybrd vhcls, gvrnmnt bldngs wll hv t mt nw "grn" bldng stndrds, nd ll 200 cl-frd blrs n pblc srvc bldngs wll b phsd t.