NZ to set agricultural emissions prices in early 2023

The government said final policy decisions will be made on the agricultural emissions pricing system in early 2023.
NZ to set agricultural emissions prices in early 2023

New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern pictured in November 2022. Picture: Dave Rowland/Getty Images

A Government promise to keep emissions pricing low was the main new development, as the New Zealand government reported before Christmas on its progress towards the world's first livestock burp tax.

An agri-food industry grouping working with the government on the tax said the pricing system for methane and nitrous oxide from farms "is moving in the right direction", but "there is still work to do on the detail".

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