Background Paper 1: New Zealand Government leadership and an increased level of action are urgently needed to help deliver the greenhouse gas emission reductions the world needs over the next decade

Background Paper 2: The five major emission reduction challenges that New Zealand faces

Background Paper 3: There is emerging evidence that the rate of climate change is accelerating. If confirmed urgent work is needed to determine what adjustments are required to New Zealand’s climate change policy settings, frame-works and work plans to manage this development

Background Paper 4: A climate change primer Part 1 – What is climate change, what drives it, the role of greenhouse gases, previous climate change events and why this climate change process is different from earlier events

Background Paper 5: Local authorities and community level emission reduction measures: The changes that are needed to better provide transparency and accountability for ratepayers and other community members