A New Carbon Accounting Unit for Permanent Sequestration
The creation of a new unit of carbon currency to recognise the permanent sequestration of greenhouse gases would provide a clear way for exporters to meet international standards for …
Market Pressures for Pastoral Products to go Carbon Neutral
Pastoral agriculture faces converging challenges that collectively make sharp rises in environmental standards inevitable.
These pressures are combining to push market expectations towards animal protein products being fully carbon …
Pressure Mounting on NZ for Real Emissions Reductions
After many years focused on creative accounting, New Zealand is facing pressure to deliver emission reduction results.
Things are different partly because the two biggest carbon polluters, the US and …
Carbon Budgeting: Integrated Planning for Climate Action
The more it is recognised that pricing instruments such as the ETS are simply tools, and the real action lies in how carbon budgets are set, the greater will …
ETS Losses Confirmed – Groser Has Explaining To Do
New documents confirm the ETS has been a net loser for the taxpayer and that the government faces a big deficit in its carbon accounts, contrary to the Climate …
NZ’s Carbon Accounts in Deficit by $1.3 Billion
New Zealand has a carbon budget deficit equivalent to $1.3 billion because the ETS is failing to bring in enough revenue to pay the nation’s carbon bills.
Five years on …
The Carbon Budget Deficit
A carbon budget is essential to planning for serious emission reductions. It details the expected carbon flows and associated financial commitments for a country.
Read The Carbon Budget Deficit.
Show me the Carbon Money
An opening of the nation’s carbon books has finally been forced upon the Treasury – and the results are truly shocking.
There are two shocks to absorb:
How little has been …
Even Bigger Emission Subsidies Recommended by ETS Review
With each change to the ETS, the subsidy regime is expanded and the taxpayer picks up more of the tab, while there is minimal impact on gross emissions.
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