Reflections and outlook for the New Zealand ETS: must uncertain times mean uncertain measures?

Jessika Luth Richter, Lizzie Chambers

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Abstract

The New Zealand emissions trading scheme (ETS) wasintroduced by legislation in 2008. The legislated objectives asstated in section 3 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002are to ‘support and encourage global efforts to reduce theemission of greenhouse gases by (i) assisting New Zealandto meet its international obligations under the [UNFCCC].
Original languageEnglish
Pages57-66
Volume10
No.2
Specialist publicationPolicy Quarterly
PublisherInstitute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Free keywords

  • emissions trading
  • climate change
  • New Zealand
  • policy uncertainty

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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