The Taxpayer’s Kyoto Position for 2011
NZ is expected to overshoot its Kyoto target by 18%. The ETS pays for less than 20% of the resulting liability.
The Government is borrowing forest credits to cover the …
Taxpayers Face $1.1 Billion Kyoto Liability After ETS Charges Paid
New Zealand’s failure to reduce emissions to its Kyoto Protocol target means the taxpayer still faces a $1.1 billion net liability after all the ETS charges have been paid. …
Overrated: New Zealand’s Emissions Reduction Target for 2020
UPDATE: A few days after publication of the Council’s briefing, one of the independent analytical teams (EcoFys, Climate Analytics and the European Climate Foundation) re-rated New Zealand’s …
ETS Changes Put 84% of Kyoto Bill to Future Taxpayers
Proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme (ETS) would result in 84% or more of the nation’s multi-billion dollar Kyoto liability being put on to future taxpayers. Today’s polluters …
