NZ's Emissions Reduction Plan reveals a climate budget that’s long on planning, short on strategy
- Written by David Hall, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology

Until now, the government’s approach to climate action has largely been about getting the policy architecture right. This work is vital, but it’s more about rearranging possible futures, less about emissions reductions in the near term.
The newly released Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) was supposed to shift gears, to get...