The Climate Change Commission says that New Zealand is set to miss every one of its obligations under the Paris Agreement.
Changes must be made to alter course - and in its new report the Commission has made numerous suggestions.
These include a ban on new petrol cars, changes to the way we build homes, and setting more exacting goals for reducing emissions.
Will even that be enough?
Rod Carr is the chair of the Climate Change Comission, he speaks to Corin Dann.
