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
Title: Agricultural Emissions Mitigation in New Zealand: Answers to Questions from the Parliamentary Commisioner for the Environment
Abstract: This paper explores how New Zealand should address agricultural greenhouse gas emissions: methane and nitrous oxide. The starting point is the internationally agreed-upon goal of limiting global warming to below two degrees, and New Zealand’s commitment to contribute its ‘fair share’ to the international climate-change mitigation effort. The report focuses on the role of mitigating biological agricultural emissions within that, and how New Zealand could most cost-effectively mitigate its own emissions and contribute to the mitigation of agricultural emissions abroad. This paper complements a partner paper (Hollis et al 2015) that discusses the science relating to agricultural greenhouse gases.
Length: 72 pages
Creation-Date: 2016-10
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/16_16.pdf
Number: 16_16
Classification-JEL: Q18, Q54, Q58
Keywords: Climate change, mitigation, agriculture, New Zealand, methane, nitrous oxide, livestock, metrics, policy
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:16_16