Thomson v Minister for Climate Change Issues - [2018] 2 NZLR 160

Judicial review — Ministerial decision — Response to climate change — Minister’s decisions concerning targets for reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions — Targets set under domestic legislation and international obligations — Whether legislation breached by not reviewing targets following updated information — Whether Minister’s discretion required to be exercised — Whether Minister’s response to international obligations amenable to review — Mandatory relevant considerations in deciding targets — Whether New Zealand Government required to consider needs of Tokelau — Reasonableness of decision — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992, arts 2, 3, 4, 4(2)(a), 4(2)(b), 4(2)(e), 4(3), 4(4), 4(5), 4(8), 5(2), 7, 7(2) and 12.