Climate Change

Climate change is currently at the forefront of public consciousness. Whatever the reasons (and some commentators continue to deny that humans are the cause), the world's climate is changing. This is going to affect communities in many ways, from geographic and social through to economic and demographic. Most importantly, climate change is a global phenomenon, not confined to national boundaries. It is not just New Zealand's exporters or the agricultural sector that are engaging in this area, but organisations across the board.

• make the best decisions in light of existing international and domestic rules
• advance (and protect) existing operations
• positively influence the development and implementation of new rules.

Minter Ellison Rudd Watts has extensive experience and skills in the climate change arena. Our wide-ranging work in this area encompasses:

• implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, particularly in the New Zealand context
• review of international moves towards emission trading
• consideration of the emissions trading schemes already developed in the European Union and being proposed for Australia and New Zealand
• negotiation of Negotiated Greenhouse Agreements (NGAs) with the New Zealand Government
• assessment of the "food miles" concept
• review of consistency of climate change initiatives with international trade rules
• forestry projects
• renewable energy projects
• New Zealand's legislative and regulatory framework relating to green claims
• wider biodiversity activities, particularly in terms of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• alignment with broader corporate social responsibility programmes.

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