Net Zero Delivery Body (NZDB)

The NZDB was established in July 2022 as part of Government’s efforts to deliver on its climate change commitments. The Climate Change Strategy is an ambitious programme in terms of scope and targets and it acknowledges that delivering on it will require co-operation and co-ordination across Government, as well as with businesses and individuals.

The objective of the delivery body will be to increase the likelihood of success of the plan by allocating responsibility for its implementation to a body which can advocate and drive its delivery.

The benefits include:

• Greater success of the Climate Change Strategy overall
• Better advocating for and monitoring of progress
• Clear public accountability for delivery
• Ability to join-up government departments, agencies and authorities as well as other stakeholders at all levels
• Creation of a coordinated public engagement campaign.

The NZDB is chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister and includes the Minister for the Environment and Transport as well as senior government officials. It is supported by a Secretariat hosted by the Department of the Environment and Climate Change and is responsible for creating specific working groups to deliver on key policies within given timeframes.

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