Woods Megan; Watts Simon; O'Connor GregHon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Labour—Wigram): Thank you Mr Chairman. Just a couple more questions for the Minister in the time that we have left. One of the things that I'm very keen to hear from the Minister is: what advice if any has he asked for or received from his officials in regard to modelling what the emissions reductions will be from a doubling of renewable energy? Is that work that has been done? I ask that question because I have noted that the coalition Government hangs its hat—its ability to reach its climate targets—so heavily on that doubling of renewable energy. So I'd like to know whether the Minister has any ability to quantify what the affect in terms of our emissions reductions will actually be in regard to that.I'm also interested to hear from the Minister in terms of the year under review—of course a year under review that was set by Budget 2023 and there was a raft of funding in there for climate initiatives. In particular I'm interested in the work that was there in terms of our heavy freight networks. The funding was there for decarbonising freight. What has happened to that funding? Will it be spent or has that been rolled back? In taking the Climate Emergency Response Fund back to centre to pay for tax cuts for landlords whether or not that will be there and what hole will be left in our emissions budgets as a consequence of not doing that work around decarbonising freight.I'm also very keen to hear from the Minister what has happened to the initiative that was funded under Budget 2023—not his Vote and I'm very aware of that; that sits with a colleague of his—but whether he has had any advice from his officials in terms for the hydrogen initiative that was funded through Budget 2023 the contract for difference which would allow the burgeoning hydrogen industries in New Zealand to get off the ground particularly with a focus on Southland and Taranaki. I haven't heard anything from the Government so I'd be keen to know from the Minister whether—that is another scheme that was put up to help our decarbonisation of communities and industries in Southland and Taranaki—that too has been sacrificed for tax cuts for landlords.I'd also be keen to hear from the Minister to what extent he as Minister of Climate Change is involved in any cross-ministerial work around the need to reskill our workforce as we do go through this transition. What are we doing to make sure that our workers are equipped with the right skills to make sure that they can bear the fruits of a transition to a green economy?Hon SIMON WATTS (Minister of Climate Change): I'm just conscious of time so I want to let the members have an opportunity to speak. In regards to the hydrogen component specifically there is inclusion within the New Zealand First - National coalition agreement aspects and commitments in regards to particularly progressing the hydrogen work in a broader sense and that's something that we are currently working our way through. I acknowledge that there is and was funding in place under the prior Government in regards to that and we're currently working through how that potentially flows through in regards to the commitments that we have in our coalition agreement which is pretty clear in that space.The focus in regards to renewables in terms of the aspects around reductions around that aspect is an area which is currently under review. There are a number of complexities that the member will be aware of in regards to the calculations of that. The key element for us is to actually ensure that we are progressing an acceleration of implementation of those renewable generation projects and our primary focus in that space is around consenting Resource Management Act reform and the fast-track legislation. And we'll have more inclusion and detail in regards to that in the emissions reduction plan 2 policy that we will be syndicating on.A number of other questions in regards to heavy freight and other aspects I'm happy to come back to the member in regards to that just in the interests of time.CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): Chlöe Swarbrick—three minutes left in this debate.