Commission and govt diverge over pricing farm emissions

Commission and govt diverge over pricing farm emissions
The dairy sector's role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is hotly disputed. (Image: Getty)
Ian Llewellyn
Pricing farms' animal emissions is one of the areas where the Climate Change Commission’s advice diverges the most from the new government’s policy direction.On Tuesday, the commission released its final views on how New Zealand could meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2026 to 2030.This covers the second emissions reduction plan and looks out to the following five-year blocks that make up the country’s carbon budget – that is, how much greenhouse gas can be released and still meet the legal and internation...

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