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Report
Pretence of necessity
Why further climate change action isn’t needed and won’t help
Publisher
Carbon pricing
Climate change adaptation
Subsidies
Emissions trading
New Zealand
Resources
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 Pretence of necessity
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Description
In the May 2022 Budget, the New Zealand government will commit $4.5 billion to new spending on climate change, more than $2,000 per household. The government will also deliver its Emissions Reduction Plan, an array of levies, subsidies, regulations and hard bans. The government will say these interventions are necessary and that they will help deliver emissions targets.
This report reviews the government’s climate change strategy and argues the strategy is based on a misunderstanding of the relationship between the emission trading scheme (ETS) and other policies.
Publication Details
Copyright:
The New Zealand Initiative 2022
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
25 Mar 2022
