The test for this Government is: do their policies reduce emissions effectively? Only effective policies can help keep temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Centigrade, as required by the Paris Agreement, and deliver net zero emissions by 2050. The task before us is monumental. Net zero emissions in 30 years is hugely ambitious, especially for a country that earns half of its income from the primary sector. We simply cannot sink investments into ineffective policies. New Zealand will run out of money long before it reaches its targets if we commit to policies that simply don't work. Our policies must lower emissions or be dropped. 