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ShapeNZ Emissions Trading Poll

September 15, 2008

Polling Company: ShapeNZ (part of New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development)

Poll Method: Internet Sample (not fully random)

Poll Size: 2,204 (2.1% margin of error)

Date: to to 11 September 2008

Client: NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development

Report: NZBCSD Media Release

References: NZ Herald

25% says climate change is an urgent problem, 51% say a problem now , 9% a problem for later and 13% not a problem.
25% say NZ’s response to climate change has been too quick, 39% about right and 33% too slow.
39% support an ETS and 29% do not.
Only 10% say they are well informed on the ETS with 46% somewhat informed, 28% somewhat uninformed and 13% uninformed.

April 6, 2008

Polling Company: ShapeNZ (part of New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development)

Poll Method: Internet Sample

Poll Size: 3,546

Date: February and March 2008

Client: NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development

Report: NZBCSD Media Release

77% say wind power was the best (they must mean desirable not best based on results not adding up to 100%) electricity option for New Zealand in the next 10 years.
69% say solar
47% say geothermal
40% say wave power
35% say small and large scale hydro
19% say nuclear power
10% say gas
8% say coal

A proposed ban on building new thermal baseload coal and gas power plants in the next 10 years has 58% support and 26% opposition
70% say NZ not doing enough to encourage renewable energy projects
43% oppose trading in nuclear sourced emission credits, 33% support and 24% do not know
5% say wind farms do not look okay, 48% say they like how they look and 44% say it depends on where they are located
Government’s performance on climate change ranked as below average by 36%, average by 21% and above average by 17%.
Asked which major party is best favoured to manage climate change, both Labour and National had 32% support, with 36% unsure