Across
- 1. Bird of the year 2025
- 4. Where Vanessa went to school and uni
- 6. First insurance company in NZ to introduce risk-based pricing
- 8. Bay in Wellington known for surfing
- 10. Country with the closest per capita emissions to New Zealand
- 13. Inai Tonu Nei
- 17. Light reflected from a surface
- 19. Rachael’s new dog’s name
- 21. The name of the CGE model used in our budget advice
- 22. Reduction or prevention of emissions
- 23. Acronym related to capturing CO2
- 26. The I in EITE businesses
- 29. Climate Change Minister when Inaia tonu nei was delivered
- 30. Bay in Wellington known for being ‘clothing-optional’
- 31. Emissions pathway to achieve targets
- 32. Host country for COP in 2026
- 33. T in VKT
- 34. The second word in the famous Wellington cafe set to close in January 2026
- 37. Action to reduce risk from the ETS carbon price rollercoaster
- 41. Organic renewable energy source
- 43. When emissions reduction in one country is offset or increased in another country
- 46. Wellington’s tallest mountain
- 47. A methodology used for forestry in the NZ ETS
- 51. Insurance for insurers
- 52. Someone who refuses to accept climate science
- 54. Agency responsible for climate research and monitoring
- 55. Sector projected to have second lowest gross emissions in 2050
- 56. Ocean effect of CO₂ absorption, reducing pH
- 58. Person on the poster on Anita's bookshelf (visible in Teams meetings) (clue: relates to physics)
- 59. What can’t you do with Wellington on a good day
- 61. Term for total units in private accounts in the ETS
- 63. Wellington suburb most vulnerable to sea level rise
- 65. Self-Governing territory that is reported in the NZ GHG inventory
Down
- 2. Oxford dictionary word of the year
- 3. Climate change minister when the ETS was introduced in 2008
- 5. Wellington's local cricket team
- 7. The F in HFCs
- 9. The second C in the CCR price control
- 11. Earth's frozen water
- 12. Largest hydro power station in NZ
- 14. NZ’s fourth highest form of electricity production
- 15. The A in A&E team
- 16. Debris left after storms in forests
- 18. Where insects and politicians live
- 20. Overseas university Anita attended
- 21. Type of land the Government hopes to plant trees on
- 24. The P in IPCC
- 25. Current official name of the ‘Cake tin’
- 27. The E in CGE modelling
- 28. Wellington suburb with the most wind turbines
- 32. Oldest pub in Wellington
- 35. Most common Wellington wind
- 36. Name of the theatre hosting the premiere of Avatar 3 this Saturday
- 37. Suburb of Vanessa’s new house
- 38. Term used in the GHG inventory that covers forestry
- 39. Vanessa’s name in the world outside of work
- 40. Most iconic fountain in the Southern Hemisphere
- 41. Delivered every second year
- 42. Capture and store carbon
- 44. Number of degrees Anita has
- 45. Shape of Wellington’s new sculpture in Waitangi Park
- 48. Location of NZ’s aluminum smelter
- 49. Name of our building when built in 1984
- 50. Excess units in the ETS that pose risk to meeting budgets
- 53. Acronym for new tool installed by NZ Steel to replace coal-fired kilns
- 57. Measure of how much a greenhouse gas warms the Earth compared to CO₂
- 60. Type of carbon stored in oceans
- 62. What does Wellington’s ‘naked-man’ sculpture find in the wind
- 64. Primary agency responsible for managing the NZ ETS
