Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Release Now Official

Greenhouse gas emissions (industry and household): December 2021 quarter is being released as an official statistic for the first time, following five experimental releases, to provide timelier emissions statistics, Stats NZ said today.

“These quarterly statistics are produced using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) framework, which is an internationally recognised statistical framework specifically designed to allow environmental data to be directly compared against economic data,” environmental economic accounts manager Stephen Oakley said.

In addition to enabling meaningful comparisons to be made between New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and our economic output, using the SEEA approach also allows the provision of:

• timelier emissions information to be released, approximately six months after the reference period
• ongoing reports over the course of the year allowing turning points to be identified with greater accuracy
• breakdowns of emissions by industry groups and households
• more up-to-date information for policy makers to support a just transition to a low emissions economy.

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• Quarterly greenhouse gas emissions release now official
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