29290 (2024). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister of Climate Change

29290 (2024). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister of Climate Change: How often, if at all, has the Climate Response Ministers Group met since election 2023; listed by date, agenda items, Ministers present?

Hon Simon Watts: With effect from March 2024, the Climate Response Ministers Group is now officially called the Climate Priorities Ministerial Group (CPMG). CPMG and has met twice since the 2023 election. Agenda items and Ministerial attendance were as follows: 25/03/24 - CPMG meeting Agenda items: (1) Purpose and expectations for group and portfolio Ministers; (2) Domestic and international targets, goals and obligations for climate mitigation and adaptation; (3) Key decisions and directions for CPMG in 2024; (4) Any other business (indicative forward agenda; summary of March 2024 Quarterly Progress Report). Ministers present (and delegates): Rt Hon Chris Luxon (Prime Minister), Hon Nicola Willis (Minister of Finance; Associate Minister of Climate Change), Hon Chris Bishop (Minister of Infrastructure, Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, Minister of Housing), Hon Todd McClay (Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Forestry, Minister for Trade); Hon Tama Potaka (Minister of Conservation, and Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti), Hon Penny Simmonds (Minister for the Environment), Hon Shane Jones (Minister for Regional Development and Resources), Hon Mark Patterson (Minister for Rural Communities); Ministerial advisor on behalf of Hon Simeon Brown (Minister for Energy, Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government); Ministerial advisor on behalf of Hon Mark Mitchell (Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery). 20/05/24 - CPMG meeting Agenda items: (1) Agree Climate Strategy; (2) Developing ERP2; (3) Any other business (May Quarterly Progress Report). Ministers present (and delegates): Rt Hon Chrisr Luxon (Prime Minister), Hon Simon Watts (Minister of Climate Change), Hon Simeon Brown (Minister for Energy, Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government), Hon Todd McClay (Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Forestry, Minister for Trade), Hon Mark Mitchell (Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery), Hon Tama Potaka (Minister of Conservation, and Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti), Hon Penny Simmonds (Minister for the Environment), Hon Mark Patterson (Minister for Rural Communities), Simon Court MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary to Minister for Infrastructure, Minister Responsible for RMA Reform); Ministerial advisor on behalf of Hon Chris Bishop (Minister of Infrastructure, Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, Minister of Housing), Ministerial advisors on behalf of Rt Hon Winston Peters (Minister of Foreign Affairs).