He Pou a Rangi | Climate Change Commission’s draft advice

The Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice to inform the Government’s second emissions reduction plan.

Adapting to our changing climate and its impacts is the most significant opportunity for Aotearoa New Zealand. It is essential to support a just and equitable transition that allows us to prepare for the future and address the most pressing risks facing our country. We think there is more that can be done to effectively equip New Zealanders to respond to the risks arising from our changing climate.

BRANZ is committed to working with our broad network of construction and science system stakeholders to support them on the resultant actions to achieve the Government’s aspirations and goals addressing the impacts of climate change and reducing emissions. We will use our unique perspective, which encompasses both the building and construction, and research, science and innovation (RSI) systems, to contribute to this important work.

In this submission, we provide some background on BRANZ’s role. This background aims to provide the contextual lens through which we provide more detailed responses to the draft Plan. We look forward to continuing the productive, open, and constructive relationships across government and industry to contribute to this important work. Reducing emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change, are challenges too important to leave to individual agencies to tackle alone.