Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Suzi Kerr
Author-X-Name-First: Suzi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kerr
Author-Email:  suzi.kerr@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research 
Author-Name:  Andrew Sweet
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sweet
Author-Email: andrew.sweet@firecone.co.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Firecone New Zealand
Title: Inclusion of Agriculture and Forestry in a Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme:  New Zealand's Experience to Date 
Abstract:  No country has previously attempted to include either agriculture or forestry in an emissions trading system. The New Zealand government is planning to include both.  This paper describes how they plan to do it, what some of the critical issues have been and some of the outstanding challenges.  If New Zealand can resolve these issues and so can create a strong system, this could create a precedent for many others.  Policy development is actively progressing as this paper is written.  This paper does not definitively cover the issues but records our thinking at a moment in time and provides a framework for more in-depth analysis.
Length:  44 pages
Creation-Date:  2008-02
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/08_04.pdf
Number: 08_04
Classification-JEL: Q54, Q58
Keywords: Emissions trading, New Zealand, agriculture, public policy
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:08_04