Decarbonising the public sector: Why a night train can be the start of a national public transport network …big changes will be needed in the coming decades. There will be some hard choices to make, but it’s obvious we can’t continue with business as usual. Ministry of Transport, 2021 Paul Callister Working Paper 21/11 2021 1 INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND POLICY STUDIES WORKING PAPER 21/11 MONTH/YEAR May 2021 AUTHOR Paul Callister School of Government INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND POLICY STUDIES Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand For any queries relating to this working paper, please contact
[email protected] DISCLAIMER The views, opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are strictly those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, the School of Government or Victoria University of Wellington. 2 Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4 Why we need to reduce emissions .................................................................... 6 Why flying is an important contributor to New Zealand’s emissions ................. 7 We cannot solve the problem with planting .................................................... 11 Why in the short to medium term new aviation technologies will be of little assistance ........................................................................................................ 12 A night