Across
- 1. T in VKT
- 4. Country with highest EV share of new car sales
- 6. Where insects and politicians live
- 10. The I in EITE businesses
- 13. Sector name used in the GHG inventory that covers forestry
- 14. Reduction or prevention of emissions
- 18. Earth's frozen water
- 21. Craft beer brewery on Tory St
- 22. Type of carbon stored in oceans
- 25. Measure of how much a greenhouse gas warms the Earth compared to CO₂
- 26. Country with the highest per capita emissions
- 27. Excess units in the ETS that pose risk to meeting budgets
- 28. What can’t you do with Wellington on a good day
- 29. The P in IPCC
- 31. Team member who is apparently too busy to provide a crossword clue about themselves
- 32. The second word in the famous Wellington cafe set to close in January 2026
- 33. Acronym for new tool installed by NZ Steel to replace coal-fired kilns
- 34. Type of land the Government hopes to plant trees on
- 37. Primary agency responsible for managing the NZ ETS
- 38. What day does Gillian generally work in the office
- 41. Point of no return
- 42. Rachael's favourite card game
- 44. Most common Wellington wind
- 47. Acronym for a technoly used to capture CO2
- 51. Oxford dictionary word of the year
- 52. Country with the closest per capita emissions to New Zealand
- 55. Country with most wind turbines
- 57. Wellington's local cricket team
- 59. Measure of aggregate economic activity
- 60. Self-Governing territory that is reported in the NZ GHG inventory
- 62. Term for total units in private accounts in the ETS
- 64. Light reflected from a surface
- 67. Bird of the year 2025
- 68. Largest hydro power station in NZ
- 71. Debris left after storms in forests
- 72. Name of our building when built in 1984
- 74. Inai Tonu Nei
- 76. Delivered every second year
- 77. What does Wellington’s ‘naked-man’ sculpture find in the wind
- 78. Bay in Wellington known for being ‘clothing-optional’
- 81. Oldest pub in Wellington
- 82. A type of equity threatened by not taking actions to address climate change now
- 83. Person on the poster on Anita's bookshelf (visible in Teams meetings) (clue: relates to physics)
- 84. Chris' first job
Down
- 2. Insurance for insurers
- 3. To delay making a decision
- 5. Ocean effect of CO₂ absorption, reducing pH
- 7. Emissions pathway to achieve targets
- 8. Most iconic fountain in the Southern Hemisphere (arguably)
- 9. Action to reduce risk from the ETS carbon price rollercoaster
- 11. Current official name of the ‘Cake tin’ stadium
- 12. Overseas university Anita attended
- 15. NZ’s fourth highest form of electricity production
- 16. Chris' favourite word, meaning easily angered or annoyed
- 17. The second C in the CCR price control
- 19. The E in CGE modelling
- 20. Wellington suburb most vulnerable to sea level rise
- 23. The name of the CGE model used by the Commission
- 24. Vanessa's bachelor's degree
- 30. The A in A&E team
- 34. Geoff's e-bike make - more than squared
- 35. Bay in Wellington known for surfing
- 36. Sector projected to have second lowest gross emissions in 2050
- 37. Name of the theatre hosting the premiere of Avatar 3 this Saturday
- 39. The direct economic benefits from improved health outcomes
- 40. Vanessa’s name in the world outside of work
- 43. Someone who refuses to accept climate science
- 45. C in CRF GHG inventory tables
- 46. The F in HFCs
- 48. What could you go to see at Red Rocks/Pariwhero
- 49. When emissions reduction in one country is offset or increased in another country
- 50. Organic renewable energy source
- 53. Wellington’s tallest mountain
- 54. A methodology used for forestry in the NZ ETS
- 56. Host country for COP in 2026
- 58. Important Commission value
- 61. An ambiguity or omission in regulation that allows people to avoid an obligation
- 63. Failure to respond despite existential threat of climate catastrophe
- 65. Suburb of Vanessa’s new house
- 66. Location of NZ’s aluminum smelter
- 68. Rachael’s new dog’s name
- 69. Wellington suburb with the most wind turbines
- 70. First insurance company in NZ to introduce risk-based pricing
- 73. Climate Change Minister when Inaia tonu nei was delivered
- 75. Capture and store carbon
- 78. Shape of Wellington’s new sculpture in Waitangi Park
- 79. Agency responsible for climate research and monitoring
- 80. Climate change minister when the ETS was introduced in 2008
