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NZ Treasury keeps ETS option open for agriculture

Published 03:59 on July 21, 2016  /  Last updated at 19:59 on July 21, 2016  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

Bringing agriculture into its emissions trading scheme would allow New Zealand to reduce the financial risk involved with stockpiling some 50 million surplus carbon allowances in 2020, the Treasury has told the government.
Bringing agriculture into its emissions trading scheme would allow New Zealand to reduce the financial risk involved with stockpiling some 50 million surplus carbon allowances in 2020, the Treasury has told the government.


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