Tagged: Zero Carbon Bill

NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane - Planetary Ecology

Robert McLachlan • May 09, 2019 •

• agricultural emissions,
• climate change,
• greenhouse gas emissions,
• Paris Agreement,
• Zero Carbon Bill

New Zealand’s long-awaited zero carbon bill will create sweeping changes to the management of emissions, setting a global benchmark with ambitious reduction targets for all major greenhouse gases. The bill includes two separate targets – one for the long-lived greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, and another target specifically for biogenic methane, produced by livestock and landfill waste. Read More

New Zealand’s zero carbon bill: much ado about methane - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jul 14, 2018 •

• agricultural greenhouse gases,
• climate change,
• methane,
• Zero Carbon Bill

Robert McLachlan, Massey University New Zealand could become the first country in the world to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Leading up to the 2017 election, the now Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern famously described climate change as “my generation’s nuclear-free moment”. The promised zero carbon bill is now underway, but in an unusual … Read More