Response 187089937

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Introduction

What is your name? What is your organisation (if applicable)?

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Redacted text Climate Emergency Correspondent, Quakers in Aotearoa

In what capacity are you responding to this survey?

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Personal
Business
Public sector
Iwi / Māori
NGO
Young person

What part of Aotearoa are you from?

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Northland (Te Tai Tokerau)
Auckland (Tāmaki-makau-rau)
Waikato
Bay of Plenty (Te Moana-a-Toi)
Gisborne (Te Tai Rāwhiti)
Hawke's Bay (Te Matau-a-Māui)
Taranaki
Manawatū-Whanganui
Wellington (Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara)
Tasman (Te Tai-o-Aorere)
Nelson (Whakatū)
Marlborough (Te Tauihu-o-te-waka)
West Coast (Te Tai Poutini)
Canterbury (Waitaha)
Otago (Ōtākou)
Southland (Murihiku)
Other (please specify)
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New Zealand

What is your age group?

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Under 18
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-75
Over 75

Are you here to tell us your one big thing?

Your one big thing:

Please refer to file uploaded QCE CC Comm Subm

Our six big issues - the pace of change

1. Do you agree that the emissions budgets we have proposed would put Aotearoa on course to meet the 2050 emissions targets?

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Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Do not know
Please explain your answer (1000 word limit)
These budgets are a long way from the UNEP Emissions Gap Report that required 7.6% reduction every year from 2020.

Our six big issues - future generations

2. Do you agree we have struck a fair balance between requiring the current generation to take action, and leaving future generations to do more work to meet the 2050 target and beyond?

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Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I don't know
Please explain your answer (1000 word limit)
Our generation has benefitted and indulged enormously by exploiting cheap fuel on a who range of unnecessary activities, and we are leaving our children with extremely challenging and uncertain world to cope with.

Our six big issues - our contribution

3. Do you agree with the changes we have suggested to make the NDC compatible with the 1.5°C goal?

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Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree – our changes are too ambitious
Disagree – our changes are not ambitious enough
Do not know
Please explain your answer (1000 word limit)
We need to be far exceeding the 7.6%pa reduction required by UNEP for the many reasons noted in the uploaded file.

Our six big issues - role and type of forests

4. Do you agree with our approach to meet the 2050 target that prioritises growing new native forests to provide a long-term store of carbon?

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Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I don't know
Please explain your answer (1000 word limit)
To emphasise new native forests is great for the long term and for promoting biodiversity, but will be of limited value in meeting the 2050 target.

Our six big issues - policy priorities to reduce emissions

5. What are the most urgent policy interventions needed to help meet our emissions budgets? (Select all that apply)

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Action to address barriers
Pricing to influence investments and choices
Investment to spur innovation and system transformation
None of them
Please explain your answer (1000 word limit)
We need to promote all the many different options to the fullest possible extend, especially in getting the broader community fully engaged.

Our six big issues - technology and behaviour change

6. Do you think our proposed emissions budgets and path to 2035 are both ambitious and achievable considering the potential for future behaviour and technology changes in the next 15 years?

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Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I don’t know
Please explain your answer (1000 word limit)
Certainly we need to be maximising the potential for technology and behaviour change, but your current path pays very little attention, especially to behaviour change. The budgets are not nearly ambitious enough.