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Issue 15-2015 21 August 2015
Suggestions on table to cut emission levels T
he uptake of emerging technologies and a review of taxation systems relating to motor vehicles can play a major role in reducing harmful emissions from New Zealand’s transport sector. The Motor Industry Association (MIA) also suggests increasing emissions trading and having a carbon tax on fuels to encourage drivers to update to more fuel-efficient cars may help tackle the issue. And it has called on Tim Groser, the Minister for Climate Change Issues, to consider introducing
penalties – for example, through higher registration fees – to influence consumers’ choices when they change vehicles. The MIA’s ideas are outlined in its submission on a discussion document as part of New Zealand’s contribution to climate change. Groser has announced a new target to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. He wants to review the emissions trading scheme (ETS) as part of this and describes the target as a “significant increase” on the current one of five per cent below
1990 emission levels up to 2020. This is equivalent to a reduction of 11 per cent below this country’s 1990 levels by 2030, and is similar to the approaches being taken in the US and Canada. The target is economy-wide so it includes agriculture and forestry, and covers all greenhouse gases, including those emitted from motor vehicles and other transport. The government’s policy – in the form of an intended nationally determined contribution – will be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and will stay provisional
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Industry dismay over tribunal ruling
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ord New Zealand is “looking at all of its options” in the wake of a Disputes Tribunal ruling into an application focusing on fuel-economy figures. The company is taking legal advice following a decision in favour of a couple who bought a car from one of its dealerships. They have been awarded $6,000 in compensation after trying to
claim $8,250 from the franchise. The application has also resulted in industry organisations raising concerns about the ruling, how it was reached and the wider implications for fueleconomy statistics, which vehicle manufacturers are legally obliged to submit to the government. The buyers were supplied with a 2014 Ford Kuga Titanium
Ecoboost in April last year. It has an official rating of 7.7l/100km and this information was given on the label displayed at point of sale as part of a system that’s enforced by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA). However, the tribunal ruled in favour of the purchasers after it was claimed they decided [continued on page 8]
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