Foresters want carbon price range and ETS promise

Thursday 11 May 17 11:00am

A PRICE RANGE for carbon and a promise that changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme will be backdated would get landowners planting carbon-sequestering trees now, says the Forest Owners’ Association.

Peter Clark

President Peter Clark says the Government needs to act now if New Zealand is to meet its Paris Agreement commitments, not wait until the middle of next year when the Productivity Commission is expected to report on the costs of decarbonising the economy.

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