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Key issues in the design of an emissions trading system for New Zealand
Abstract
The Government has recently announced that it is developing an ‘all sources, all gases’ emissions trading system as a key part of New Zealand’s contribution to the international effort to control climate change. This seminar draws on a body of earlier New Zealand research, and a series of meetings with key actors in the private and public sector. It draws out key conceptual issues that all those with an interest in emissions trading need to understand to participate effectively in the public debate on emissions trading. It will provide a precis of key aspects of the international regulatory environment and then focus on three issues: choice of the point of obligation (and consequently monitoring and verification); the problem of ‘leakage’ which arises when New Zealand firms compete with firms in countries without equivalent climate change regulation; and potential compensation for ‘stranded assets’ (capital that will lose much of its value as a result of climate change regulation).
Citation
Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Key issues in the design of an emissions trading system for New Zealand," Motu Public Policy Seminar, September.
Motu code: WPS0709
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