2020 emission reduction target large cost, says coalition
31 Jul 2009
The Greenhouse Policy Coalition submission to the government on a 2020 target for emission reductions, warns that if the government settles on a 15 per cent reduction target from 1990 levels, it will cost NZ households 10 times what the US is proposing to charge its citizens.
Catherine Beard, executive director of the Greenhouse Policy Coalition, says economic analysis undertaken by the government shows that a 15 per cent reduction in emissions on 1990 levels in 11 years time will cost each New Zealander $1400 a year, or $5,600 in reduced income per household of four.
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