The Climate Change Commission has begun the task of considering 10,000 submissions on its draft blueprint for the government for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with our commitment to the Paris Climate Accord.

Three new national emissions reduction targets are proposed which will ramp up to 36 per cent each year between 2030 and 2035. The recommendations include an almost total transition to electric cars as soon as 2035, including banning petrol car imports;  banning gas connections in new houses by 2032; cutting the dairy herd by 15 percent by 2030, large increases in renewable energy generation, and planting more native forests.

Kathryn speaks with three sector leaders impacted by the proposals: Marc England, Chief Executive of Genesis Energy; John Carnegie,  Chief Executive of Energy Resources Aotearoa and Dairy NZ Chief Executive Tim Mackle.