Your Challenge: Swap one car trip a week as we head back to work and school

Act

…and save 237kg of CO2 per year!

Nearly a fifth (18.5%) of our combined share of climate heating in Aotearoa is from the petrol and diesel burned in our transport – and 62% of this is passenger transport like cars and utes.

If everyone in New Zealand replaced 1 out of every 5 car trips with a bike or walk, we would save 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 every year – that is the total annual GHG emissions of our Pacific neighbours, except Fiji, combined!

And taking a bus, biking or walking can also save money, get us and our tāmariki fitter, and often beat any gridlock too


Make it social

Make it structural

In Nelson in 2025, the top 10 companies, who together employ 1 in 10 of the city’s workforce, mucked in to make it easier for their employees to bike or bus. Thanks to Businesses for Climate Action, Mission Zero, and the people and top companies of Whakatū Nelson for showing how we can all do a bit to help with their Swap One commute. “This is proof of what can happen when community, business, and data come together”, said Florence van Dyke, Director, Mission Zero

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