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Motu is currently involved in several projects exploring the impacts of climate change policy on the environment and economy. Some of these projects focus on climate change issues in New Zealand, and some consider the effects of international climate change policy. Research into the environmental economics of climate change is funded by two major grants: Integrated Economics of Climate Change, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (formerly FRST). Coordination and Cooperation for Effective Climate Policy Design and Implementation, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. |
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- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection," Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference, Melbourne, 8-11 February 2011.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Socio-Economic Impacts of the Agricultural Emissions Trading Scheme: A Very Preliminary Analysis," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Thukral, Mohit. 2011. "Upstream Point of Obligation for Emissions Trading in India: Lessons from New Zealand," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Olssen, Alex, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Modelling Land Use in Rural New Zealand," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Why do New Zealanders Care about Agricultural Emissions?", New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Modelling Rural Land Use in New Zealand: A Discrete Choice Perspective," paper presented at the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, 8-11 February 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "The Economics of International Policy to Reduce Emissions from Deforestaton and Degradation (REDD)," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Māori Land and Rural Land Use in New Zealand," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Land Use and Climate Change in New Zealand," speaking notes and slides from presentation at the 7th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference, Wellington, 1-2 August 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection," Stanford Environmental Economics Brownbag Seminar, Stanford University, Stanford CA, November 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "New Zealand Emissions Trading: Some Thoughts for Brazil," Cap and Trade in Brazil Workshop Environmental Defense, IPAM, and Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, 2 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "The Complementarity between Equity and Efficiency in Climate Mitigation," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, 27-8 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. ‘Emissions trading for forestry and agriculture: policy design and integrated simulations in New Zealand’ UC Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics seminar, Feb 18, 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Global policies as a framework for effective local action to reduce deforestation: insights from Costa Rica and Indonesia," Bay Area Tropical Forests Network, 4 March, 2010
- Ma, Hengyun; Les Oxley and John Gibson. 2009. "China's Energy Situation and Its Implications in the New Millennium," Motu Working Paper 09-04.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "How can agriculture be included in an emissions trading scheme? Some thoughts from New Zealand," Australian Farm Institute Conference, Maroochydore, May.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Climate change policy: stepping back and moving forward," Motu Economic and Public Policy Seminar, May.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Data challenges in creating LURNZ, an economically-based model of land use in rural New Zealand," presented at Global Land Project workshop on data and model intergration for coupled models and land use change, July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Temporal emission trading markets," NBER Summer Institute Egg-timer, July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Report on Cluster B case studies," presented to the Climate Change Leadership Forum, August.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Emissions trading in New Zealand," EPMU Biennial Conference, Auckland, July; and Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch, July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Key issues in the design of an emissions trading system for New Zealand," Motu Public Policy Seminar, September.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "The economics of deforestation," invited presentation at the International Economics Association Roundtable, Beijing, July 13-14.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Deforestation, Carbon-Offsets and the Clean Development Mechanism". Presentation (This presentation was presented at a Tinker Foundation Funded Symposium, February 19, 2001).
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Optimal Policy Complexity with Temporal Externalities," Stanford Environmental Economics and UC Davis Brownbag Seminar, Stanford CA, April 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Emissions Trading for Forestry and Agriculture: Integrated Simulations," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, 27-8 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Reports from Cluster B: free allocation of NZ units, and economic modelling," presented to Climate Change Leadership Forum, 4 December.
- Kerr, Suzi and Ralph Chapman. 2007. 'Transition into and evolution of a New Zealand emissions trading system," paper presented at Climate Change Policy Dialogue, Wellington, 31 July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Environmental markets: how can they work for water quality and climate change?" Auckland Public Policy Seminar, April.
- Evans, Lewis. 2010. "Climate and the New Zealand Electricity Spot Market," Presentation at the Energy Roundtable, Wellington, 8 September 2010. Available online from http://www.iscr.org.nz/f602,17297/17297_L_Evans_Climate_and_Electricity.pdf
- Fiuza de Bragança, Gabriel. 2010. "Can Spot Market Power Translate into Market Power in the Hedge Market?" Presentation to the WEIA 85th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, 1 July 2010. Available online from http://www.iscr.org.nz/n598,45,authKey=665_23_20110725102635_26c20e406ffba6fae8a26313ac035ce4.html.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "The likely impacts of climate change policy," presented at The Social Impacts of Climate Change Policy workshop, 28 February.
- Roson, Roberto. 2008. "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change," Motu Public Policy Seminar, August.
- Gulati, Sumeet. 2008. "Evaluating Tax Rebates for Hybrid Vehicles," Wellington Public Policy Seminar Series, December.
- Lundquist, Carolyn J., Doug Ramsay, Rob Bell, Andrew Swales and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on New Zealand's Biodiversity," Pacific Conservation Biology, 17:3, pp. 179-191.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Why do New Zealanders Care About Agricultural Emissions?" Motu Note #9, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Modelling Rural Land Use Decisions in New Zealand," Asymmetric Information: Newsletter of the New Zealand Association of Economists, Issue 41, August 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Submission to the Emissions Trading System Review Panel," comments on the Emissions Trading System Review.
- Karpas, Eric, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Preliminary Evidence on Responses to the New Zealand Forestry Emissions Trading Scheme," Motu Working Paper 11-09, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Coleman, Andrew. 2011. "Financial Contracts and the Management of Carbon Emissions in Small Scale Plantation Forests," Motu Working Paper 11-04. Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- van Benthem, Arthur A., and Kerr, Suzi C. 2011. "Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection," PESD Working Paper #102, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University, Stanford CA.
- Kerr, Suzi; Levente Timar and Wei Zhang. 2010. "Emissions Trading for Forestry and Agriculture: Policy Design and Integrated Simulations in New Zealand," poster at the Analysis, Integration and Modelling of Earth Systems Open Science Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
- Betz, Regina; Stefan Seifert, Peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits in Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,54:2, pp. 219–238
- van Benthem, Arthur and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Optimizing Voluntary Deforestation Policy in the Face of Adverse Selection and Costly Transfers". Motu Working Paper 10-04.
- Regina Betz, Stefan Seifert, Peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits in Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, forthcoming.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "How Can Agriculture be Included in an Emissions Trading Scheme? Some Thoughts from New Zealand", in Agriculture, Greenhouse and Emissions Trading Conference, Australian Farm Institute, Ed. Surrey Hills, Australia: Australian Farm Institute, pp. 80-86.
- Funk, Jason and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "Barriers to Efficient Decisions about Carbon Farming," PhD Thesis, Chapter III. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Funk, Jason; Christopher Field, Suzi Kerr and Craig Trotter. 2009. "Modeling the impact of Carbon Farming on a New Zealand landscape," PhD Thesis, Chapter II. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Todd, Maribeth and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "How Does Changing Land Cover and Land Use in New Zealand relate to Land Use Capability and Slope?" Motu Working Paper 09-17.
- Kerr, Suzi and Wei Zhang. 2009. "Allocation of New Zealand Units within Agriculture in the New Zealand Emissions Trading System," Motu Working Paper 09-16.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Comments to select committee," invited independent specialist advice on the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "New Zealand ETS: Submission to the select committee," Speaking notes, Monday 11 May, Wellington.
- Ma, Hengyun; Les Oxley and John Gibson. 2009. "China's Energy Situation and Its Implications in the New Millennium," Motu Working Paper 09-04.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Intensity-based regulation versus output-based free allocation: a clarification of comments to the Select Committee," 17 May.
- Todd, Maribeth; Wei Zhang and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "Competition for land between biofuels, pastoral agriculture and scrub lands," in Bioenergy options for New Zealand: analysis of large-scale bioenergy from forestry. Peter Hall and Michael Jack. Scion report. pp. 122-40. Available online at http://www.scionresearch.com/bioenergy+report.aspx.
- Ma, Hengyun; Les Oxley and John Gibson.2009. "Testing for Energy Market Integration in China," Motu Working Paper 09-03.
- Hengyun Ma; Les Oxley; John Gibson and Bongguen Kim. 2009. "China's Energy Economy: Technical Change, Factor Demand and Interfactor/Interfuel Substitution," Motu Working Paper 09-02.
- Kerr, Suzi and Marianna Kennedy. 2009. 'Greenhouse Gases and Water Pollutants: Interactions Between Concurrent New Zealand Trading Systems,' Motu Note #2.
- Hendy, Joanna; Suzi Kerr and Troy Baisden. 2008. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Charges and Credits on Agricultural Land: What can a Model Tell Us?" In Clean Development Mechanism and Law, Amicus Books series, ed. L Lakshmi. Hyderabad, India: The Icfai University Press, pp. 198-209.
- Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Coleman. 2008. "Economic regrets," Motu manuscript presented to Cluster B of the Climate Change Leadership Forum, 22 May.
- Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Sweet. 2008. "Inclusion of agriculture in a domestic emissions trading system: New Zealand's experience to date," Farm Policy Journal, 5:4, 43-53, November.
- Pfaff, Alexander; Suzi Kerr, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Leslie Lipper, Arturo Sanchez and Jason Timmins. 2008. "Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behaviour from location" in Economics of Poverty, the Environment and Natural Resource Use, Rob B. Dellink and Arjan Ruijs, Eds. Wageningen University: Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group.
- Wratt, David; Brett Mullan, Andrew Tait, Ross Woods, Troy Baisden, Donna Giltrap, Kelly Lock, Joanna Hendy, Suzi Kerr, Adolf Stroombergen and Alek Stojanovik. 2008. "Costs and benefits of climate change and adaptation to climate change in New Zealand agriculture: what do we know so far?" Contract report by EcoClimate Consortium: Integrated Research on the Economics of Climate Change Impacts Adaptation and Mitigation, Wellington, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
- Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Sweet. 2008. "Inclusion of agriculture and forestry in a domestic emissions trading system: New Zealand's experience to date," Motu Working Paper 08-04.
- Kerr, Suzi and Ralph Chapman. 2007. "Emissions trading in New Zealand: transition and evolution," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 25 September.
- Small, John and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Emissions trading in New Zealand: points of obligation," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 24 September.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: managing economic risk," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 25 September.
- Greenhalgh, Suzie; Jim Sinner and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: options for addressing trade exposure and emissions leakage," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 21 September.
- Kerr, Suzi and Murray Ward. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: Introduction and Context," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 20 September.
- Motu Research. 2007. "Transition into and evolution of an emissions trading system," Summary 5 from the series Introduction to Emissions Trading, produced as part of the Climate Change Policy Dialogue.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Review of proposed New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme," report commissioned by the Emissions Trading Group.
- Pfaff, Alexander; Suzi Kerr, Leslie Lipper, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy and G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa. 2007. "Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica," Land Use Policy, 24:3, pp. 600-610.
- Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Impacts on the pastoral sector from emissions charges on agriculture gases: analysis from the model Land Use in Rural New Zealand version 1: climate," Motu manuscript.
- Funk, Jason and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Restoring Forests Through Carbon Farming on Maori Land in New Zealand/Aotearoa," Mountain Research and Development, 27:3, pp. 202-205.
- Kerr, Suzi; Isabelle Sin and Joanna Hendy. 2005. "Taxes vs permits: Options for price-based climate change regulation," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 05/02.
- Sin, Isabelle; Emma Brunton, Joanna Hendy and Suzi Kerr. 2005. "The Likely Regional Impacts of an Agricultural Emissions Policy in New Zealand: Preliminary analysis," Motu Working Paper 05-08.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2004. "Efficient Contracts for Carbon Credits from Reforestation Projects," New Zealand Science Review, 61:1, pp. 18-23.
- Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2004. "Joint Implementation in Climate Change Policy," in The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2003/04, Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer, Eds.
- Kerr, Suzi; Leslie Lipper, Alexander Pfaff, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy and Arturo Sanchez. 2004. "Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit the Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica," ESA Working Paper No. 4-20.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Leslie Lipper, Arturo Sanchez and Jason Timmins. 2004. "Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behavior from location," ESA Working Paper No. 04-19.
- Kerr, Suzi; Emma Brunton and Ralph Chapman. 2004. "Policy To Encourage Carbon Sequestration in Plantation Forests," Motu Working Paper 04-05.
- Kerr, Suzi; Joanna Hendy, Liu Shuguang and Alexander Pfaff. 2004. "Tropical Forest Protection, Uncertainty, and the Environmental Integrity of Carbon Mitigation Policies," Motu Working Paper 04-03.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Efficient Contracts For Carbon Credits From Reforestation Projects," Motu Working Paper 03-12.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Indigenous Forests and Forest Sink Policy in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 03-15.
- Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2003. "Joint Implementation in Climate Change Policy," Motu Working Paper 03-04.
- Carswell, Fiona; Garth Harmsworth, Suzi Kerr, Rau Kirikiri and Ian Turney. 2002. "A Framework for Engagement of Maori Landowners in 'Carbon Farming' using Indigenous Forest Regeneration," Motu Manuscript and Landcare Research.
- Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr. 2002. "Tradeable Carbon Permit Auctions: How And Why To Auction Not Grandfather," Energy Policy 30.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff and Arturo Sanchez. 2002. "The Dynamics of Deforestation: Evidence from Costa Rica".
- Kerr, Suzi and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "Regional Employment Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol," paper prepared for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi; Brian White, Brian Cox and John Rutherford. 2002. "Renewable Energy and the Efficient Implementation of New Zealand's Current and Potential Future Greenhouse Gas Commitments," prepared for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
- Fischer, Carolyn; Suzi Kerr and Michael Toman. 2001. "Using Emissions Trading to Regulate National Greenhouse Gas Emissions" in Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, Michael A. Toman, Ed. Washington DC: Resources for the Future.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Seeing the Forest and Saving the Trees: Tropical Land-Use Change and Global Climate Policy," Manuscript in Can Carbon Sinks Be Operational? Resources for the Future Discussion Paper no. 0126.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Enforcing Compliance: The Allocation of Liability in International GHG Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism" in Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, Michael A. Toman Ed. Washington DC: Resources for the Future.
- Kerr, Suzi and Elizabeth DeSombre. 2001. "Trade and the Environment: The Risks and Opportunities for New Zealand Associated With the Relationship Between the WTO and Multilateral Environmental Agreements," report produced for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Ecological Tax Reform," Report for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Emissions Trading, Project-Based Trading and Joint Implementation," paper written for the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2000. "Permanence of LULUCF CERs in the Clean Development Mechanism," This paper was written for a presentation at COP-6 in The Hague, November 2000.
- Kerr, Suzi Ed. 2000. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1999. "Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Responsibilities Among and Within the Countries of the European Union", Scoping Paper No. 5, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington DC.
- Hargrave, Tim; Ned Helme, Tim Denne, Suzi Kerr and Jurgen Lefevere. 1999. "Design of a Practical Approach to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading combined With Policies and Measures in the EC".
- Fischer, Carolyn; Suzi Kerr and Michael Toman. 1998. "Using Emissions Trading to Regulate US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview of Policy Design and Implementation Issues," National Tax Journal, 51, pp. 453-464.
- Kerr, Suzi and Tim Hargrave. 1998. "The Clean Development Mechanism: How Do We Get There From Here?" Paper prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez, David Schimel, Joseph Tosi and Vicente Watson. 1998. "The Clean Development Mechanism, Tropical Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity: An Economics/Ecology Model for Predicting Policy Effects and Evaluating Policy Options," Papers and Proceedings of the 1998 Global Biodiversity Forum, Buenos Aires.
- Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr. 1998. "A Tax-Cut Auction for the Environment: How and why to auction CO2 emissions permits," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 98-34.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Devolution and the Resource Management Act," Victoria Economic Commentary.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Enforcing Compliance: The Allocation of Liability in International GHG Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism," Resources for the Future Climate Issue Brief no. 15.
- Fischer, Carolyn; Suzi Kerr and Michael Toman. 1998. "Using Emissions Trading to Regulate U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview of Policy Design and Implementation Issues," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 98-40 (July).
- Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Alternative Allocation Methods for Greenhouse Permits: Pros and Cons," Unpublished Manuscript.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1995. "Adverse Selection and Participation in International Environmental Agreements" in Suzi Kerr, Contracts and Tradeable Permit Markets in International and Domestic Environmental Protection, PhD Thesis, Harvard University.
- Coleman, Andrew and Suzi Kerr. "Managing Risks in Emissions Trading Markets," Motu Research Update 20, pp. 1-2.
- Stroombergen, Adolf. 2010. "The International Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Commodity Prices, and the Wider Effects on New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 10-14.
- Evans, Lewis; Graeme Guthrie and Andrea Lu. 2010. "A New Zealand Electricity Market Model: Assessment of the Effect of Climate Change on Electricity Production and Consumption". Motu Working Paper 10-09.
- Funk, Jason. 2009. "Conclusion," PhD Thesis, Chapter V. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Funk, Jason. 2009. "Carbon Farming on Māori land: Do governance structures matter?" PhD Thesis, Chapter IV. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Funk, Jason. June 2009. "The Practice of Carbon Farming in New Zealand," PhD Thesis, Chapter I. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Oxley, Les. 2009. "China’s energy economy: substitution possibilities, market integration and some possible environmental implications," Wellington Public Policy Seminar Series, August.
- Climate Change Leadership Forum Cluster B (chaired by Suzi Kerr). "Report 6," Meeting 8, 22 May 2008.
- Submission to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry "PFSI Consultation on Regulation, Cost Recovery Methods and Forest Sink Covenant" prepared by the Tindall Foundation, Tomorrow's Forests Ltd and Jason Funk, 14 May 2007.
- Pfaff, Alexander. 2007. "What Would Have Happened? Reviewing and Improving Estimated Baselines for Tropical Forests and Sequestered Carbon," Accepted for Ecological Applications, (special issue).
- "Emissions charges: what can the LURNZ-Climate model tell us?" in Motu Research Update, page 3, Issue 10, June 2006.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agricultural and Development Economics Division. 2006. "Will Payments for Reducing Emissions From Deforestation Also Reduce Poverty?" Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA) Research Brief.
- Funk, Jason. 2006. "Maori Farmers Look to Environmental Markets in New Zealand," The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez. 2001. "The Dynamics of Deforestation and the Supply of Carbon Sequestration: Illustrative Results from Costa Rica" in Environment for Growth: Environmental Management for Sustainability and Competitiveness in Central America, Theodore Panayotou, Ed. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp. 409 - 431.
Emissions Trading
Motu’s current work on Emissions Trading is focused in the forestry and agricultural sectors, but also considers electricity markets and general equilibrium modelling.
Tropical Deforestation
Motu’s current work on tropical deforestation focuses on the design of international policy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). This builds on earlier work on deforestation, carbon sequestration, carbon reference levels, and deforestation policy in Costa Rica.
Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Agricultural emissions play a significant part in New Zealand’s total emissions. Much of Motu’s current work focuses on mitigating these emissions.