A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty

  • Written by: Ralph Sims, Emeritus Professor, Energy and Climate Mitigation, Massey University
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After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative.

Charged by the government with developing a pricing mechanism and strategy as an acceptable alternative to joining...

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