Podcasts about emissions trading scheme

Agricultural lobby Federated Farmers have a lot to celebrate in the last parliamentary term. Their 2023 election policy priority list has almost all been picked up by the coalition government, with projects like revised freshwater rules, rethinking forestry incentives in the Emissions Trading Scheme, and scrapping the Labour government's 'ute tax' all achieved in the past three years. Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford joins Q+A to announce the new, 25-point election wishlist, which he says is for any political party willing to work with the group. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Federated Farmers swing big for Election 2026 Agricultural lobby Federated Farmers have a lot to celebrate in the last parliamentary term. Their 2023 election policy priority list has almost all been picked up by the coalition government, with projects like revised freshwater rules, rethinking forestry incentives in the Emissions Trading Scheme, and scrapping the Labour government's 'ute tax' all achieved in the past three years. Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford joins Q+A to announce the new, 25-point election wishlist, which he says is for any political party willing to work with the group. Could Christchurch terror attack have been stopped? He told us what he was going to do: that's the stark conclusion of two extremism researchers who've uncovered previously unreported public communications from the Christchurch terrorist in the years leading up to the 2019 March 15 attack. Researchers Chris Wilson and Michal Dziwulski say the Royal Commission into March 15 failed to ask some of the most important questions after the attack - and whether it might have been prevented - and reached conclusions about Brenton Tarrant that were not supported by evidence. How three AI-linked IPOs could reshape economy When Elon Musk's Space X is listed on the NASDAQ, it's set to be the biggest IPO in history - valuing the company at $3 trillion New Zealand dollars. Two AI giants, Anthropic and Open AI, have also signalled they'll list in the coming months. Jonty Kelt, the founder at Fantail Ventures, Q+A to preview the historic launches. Election deadline rapidly approaching for small parties Any political parties wanting to contest the 2026 general election in November need to have their registration papers submitted by the end of this week. Political hopefuls - and returning hopefuls like the Alliance party - are rallying to get the required 500 financial members in time. Whena Owen reports for Q+A, meeting a set of smaller parties vying for the chance to win party votes. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

Chính phủ Anh đang chuẩn bị một dự luật quan trọng nhằm thúc đẩy chương trình « reset » (khởi động lại) quan hệ với Liên Hiệp Châu Âu (EU), mười năm sau Trưng cầu dân ý Brexit, đưa Anh ra khỏi EU. Dự luật được đưa ra trong bối cảnh thế giới đối mặt với chính sách thuế quan bất nhất của chính quyền Trump và cuộc khủng hoảng eo biển Hormuz giữa Mỹ và Iran có nguy cơ làm tê liệt nền kinh tế thế giới. Điểm đáng chú ý nhất của dự luật này, nếu được thông qua sớm, là cho phép chính phủ Anh tự động phối hợp và cập nhật các quy định trong nước tương thích với quy chế của Thị trường chung EU (dynamic alignment), mà không cần phải thông qua các cuộc bỏ phiếu chi tiết tại Quốc Hội cho mỗi lần thay đổi.  Thông tín viên Nguyễn Giang tại Luân Đôn giải thích những khó khăn mà nước Anh đang đối mặt, cũng như những điểm chính trong dự luật mới của chính phủ Keir Starmer. RFI Tiếng Việt : Thân chào anh Nguyễn Giang. Đầu tiên, xin anh nhắc lại cho khán thính giả của RFI biết về những gì xảy ra sau khi Hiệp định Brexit chính thức có hiệu lực vào năm 2020. Nền kinh tế Anh Quốc vận hành ra sau bên ngoài Liên Hiệp Châu Âu? Giao thương giữa Anh Quốc và EU được thực hiện như thế nào? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Kể từ năm 2020, Anh Quốc không còn là thành viên Liên Hiệp Châu Âu và thị trường chung châu Âu nữa nên Luân Đôn phải nỗ lực ký kết các hiệp định tự do thương mại với các nước ở xa như Úc, Hàn Quốc, Ấn Độ và cả Việt Nam. Đây là cách bù lại thiệt hại do việc mất quy chế thành viên EU. Anh cũng đặt nhiều hy vọng vào việc ký được Hiệp định mậu dịch tự do với Hoa Kỳ, nên trên thực tế thì thời của tổng thống Donald Trump đem lại khá nhiều bất ổn cho Anh, với các mức thuế quan lúc thì nói là cắt giảm khá nhiều (xuống 10% cho hàng xuất khẩu của Anh sang Mỹ, tùy quota ngành nghề), có lúc lại ở vào cảnh bị Hoa Kỳ đe dọa thay đổi. Xin nhắc là thỏa thuận thương mại Anh-Mỹ đã được ký vào tháng 5/2025, nhưng mới giữa tháng 4 năm nay (2026), Tổng thống Trump lại đe dọa “có thể thay đổi bất cứ lúc nào” vì lý do địa chính trị và vì yêu sách của Mỹ. Như thế, nhìn quanh thì Anh thấy EU vẫn là bạn hàng lớn, gần nhất. Brexit cũng khiến tăng trưởng kinh tế Anh giảm đáng kể. Một bài đăng tháng 2/2026 của nhóm tác giả Nicholas Bloom, Paul Mizen và Gregory Thwaites từ các đại học Stanford University (Mỹ), King's College London và ĐH Nottingham (Anh) nêu ra con số ước tính khủng khiếp. Theo họ thì Brexit làm thiệt hại của Anh trong những năm qua là 6-8% GDP. Nhìn vào tương lai, thiệt hại tiếp tục sẽ làm sụt giảm chừng 4% GDP mỗi năm, theo nhóm nghiên cứu này, nếu quan hệ Anh-EU vẫn như hiện nay về kinh tế - thương mại. Chính phủ Lao động hiện nay thì coi tăng trưởng là ưu tiên số 1 cho mọi chính sách, nên việc tạo môi trường tương thích về kinh tế với EU là cách họ chọn để khởi động kinh tế Anh vốn tăng trưởng rất yếu, chỉ còn 0,1% trong quý 4 năm 2025. Mười năm sau ngày trưng cầu dân ý và sáu năm thực hiện Brexit, thủ tướng Anh gần đây tuyên bố muốn đảo ngược một số điều khoản của Brexit. Đó là những điều khoản gì ? Liên quan đến những lĩnh vực nào ? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Tôi xin khẳng định rằng về ngôn từ chính thức, từ thủ tướng Keir Starmer và các thông báo của chính phủ Anh, đây không phải là tiến trình đảo ngược một số điều khoản của Brexit, mặc dù phe đối lập nói như vậy. Cụ thể là thì Anh chỉ muốn, vào những năm tới, kết nối lại gần hơn với EU và tuân theo các tiêu chuẩn EU trong 4 lĩnh vực. Một là nông nghiệp và thực phẩm. Đây là ưu tiên hàng đầu. Anh muốn ký kết một thỏa thuận về tiêu chuẩn vệ sinh dịch tễ để giảm bớt việc kiểm tra biên giới đối với thực phẩm, đồ uống và các sản phẩm động thực vật. Hai là công nghiệp xe hơi. Anh muốn phối hợp các tiêu chuẩn kỹ thuật để đảm bảo xe sản xuất tại Anh có thể lưu thông thuận tiện sang thị trường EU, mà không gặp trở ngại về quy định mới. Ba là lĩnh vực năng lượng và biến đổi khí hậu: Hai bên sẽ kết nối lại hệ thống giao dịch khí thải (Emissions Trading Scheme) và hợp tác chặt chẽ trong thị trường điện năng để giảm chi phí năng lượng. Lĩnh vực thứ tư, có vẻ dễ hơn cả vì không mang tính kinh tế, là Anh và EU sẽ tiếp tục phối hợp công tác an ninh biên giới và di trú. Hai bên đã và đang trao đổi thông tin và phối hợp các quy trình kiểm soát biên giới, chia sẻ dữ liệu tội phạm. Anh có thể giải thích kỹ hơn quy chế « tương thích chủ động » của luật Anh với luật EU ? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Đây là quy chế thực ra đã áp dụng ở phạm vi hẹp giữa Anh và EU ở Bắc Ireland. Ví dụ trong xuất nhập khẩu nông sản. Quy định về tỷ lệ thuốc trừ sâu dùng trong nông nghiệp với một số loại cây trồng tạo ra hàng xuất khẩu trao đổi thương mại Bắc Ireland thuộc Anh và CH Ireland thuộc EU đã được áp dụng như sau: Phía Anh đồng ý tự tuân theo quy định về tỷ lệ thuốc trừ sâu trong trồng cấy cây xanh, chẳng hạn ở Bắc Ireland, theo tiêu chuẩn EU, việc xuất nhập khẩu cây giữa hai miền Nam-Bắc Ireland không cần kiểm tra thêm. Nay thì  Anh sẵn sàng để từng ngành nghề, do các bộ khác nhau phụ trách, tự động điều chỉnh quy định của mình theo tiêu chuẩn của EU, mỗi khi EU chỉnh sửa các tiêu chuẩn của họ. Lấy ví dụ, nếu EU quy định pin cho xe ô-tô động cơ điện phải có tới 55% thành phần kỹ thuật, công nghệ bản địa chứ không phải hàng Trung Quốc, hay của nước thứ ba nào khác, Anh sẽ tự làm đúng như vậy khi ban hành quy định về pin cho xe chạy điện. Như thế thì hai bên có thể bán pin xe sang thị trường của nhau mà không cần đàm phán về thuế quan nữa. Cơ chế này, nếu được thông qua bằng một đạo luật vào dịp hè năm nay, sẽ được áp dụng cho các ngành kinh tế khác trên toàn Vương quốc Anh trong quan hệ với EU. Trên thực tế thì hai bên đã thảo luận về tiêu chuẩn sản phẩm (Hóa chất và hàng tiêu dùng). Anh có xu hướng bám sát các tiêu chuẩn an toàn hóa chất (REACH) và bảo vệ người tiêu dùng của EU, để tránh tình trạng hàng hóa Anh bị từ chối tại biên giới do khác biệt về tiêu chuẩn. Việc mở rộng theo từng khu vực kinh tế (sector by sector) là những bước đi thận trọng để triển khai chiến lược “tương thích hóa” kinh tế hai bên.  Hôm 15/04/2026, EU đã nhận lại Anh vào chương trình giáo dục Erasmus, nay được gọi là Erasmus +, sẽ được triển khai từ 2027. Theo chính phủ Anh thì ít nhất 100 nghìn sinh viên, thanh niên sẽ được hưởng lợi chỉ trong năm đầu tiên từ việc Anh quay lại chương trình đào tạo, trao đổi giáo dục, văn hóa này. Tôi muốn nói thêm là EU đã ký mở rộng hợp tác tương tự với Thụy Sĩ, nước nằm giữa châu Âu nhưng không phải là thành viên Liên Hiệp Châu Âu, tuy không dùng ngôn từ như các dự tính ký với Anh. Tháng 2 năm nay, EU và Thụy Sĩ đã ký thỏa thuận tăng cường hợp tác trong bốn lĩnh vực: thực phẩm, điện, bảo vệ biên giới và khai thác không gian vũ trụ. Có thể thấy là ba lĩnh vực đầu gần như giống hệt với những gì EU có thể sẽ ký với Anh. Vì sao thủ tướng Anh, Kier Starmer muốn thực hiện dự luật đó vào lúc này ? Thực trạng nền kinh tế Anh hiện nay ra sao ? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Đầu tiên là bối cảnh quốc tế ngày một khó khăn, về an ninh năng lượng, về chuỗi cung ứng, do chiến sự Trung Đông, do cuộc chiến thuế quan Hoa Kỳ-Trung Quốc, chiến tranh ở Ukraina, đã khiến việc sáp lại gần với láng giềng lớn nhất, và đối tác thương mại quan trọng là EU, trở nên cấp bách với Anh. Như chính lời Thủ tướng Keir Starmer nói với BBC hôm 13/04, thì 10 năm sau Trưng cầu dân ý Brexit, Anh Quốc “cần nhìn về phía trước, không nhìn lại quá khứ”, và khi mà “xung đột lớn, bất ổn lớn (massive conflict, great uncertainty) đang xảy ra trên thế giới thì “vì quyền lợi của mình, Vương quốc Anh cần có một quan hệ gần gũi hơn, mạnh mẽ hơn với châu Âu”. Ông cho rằng nhu cầu đó đến từ thực tiễn hiện nay, và đúng với cả quốc phòng, an ninh, năng lượng và kinh tế. Thứ hai là nhu cầu kích hoạt tăng trưởng kinh tế. Đầu năm nay, Quỹ Tiền tệ Quốc tế (IMF) nêu dự báo tăng trưởng kinh tế ở Anh năm 2026 là 1,5%, nhưng trong báo cáo Triển vọng Kinh tế Thế giới (World Economic Outlook) trong tháng 4 năm nay, IMF hạ dự báo về tăng trưởng kinh tế Anh xuống chỉ còn 0,8% năm nay. Tức là thực trạng nền kinh tế Anh đang ở điểm rất dễ rơi vào suy thoái. Nghị trình chủ đạo của Chính phủ Anh hiện nay là phải thúc đẩy được tăng trưởng kinh tế. Quan điểm của Đảng Lao Động cầm quyền là tạo quan hệ gần gũi hơn trong giao thương với EU qua chính sách tạo sự “tương thích hóa” ở các ngành then chốt, thì doanh nghiệp sẽ giảm bớt được rào cản kỹ thuật và chi phí, từ đó kinh tế Anh có thêm cơ hội tăng trưởng. Lãnh đạo chính phủ Anh muốn thay đổi những điều khoản trên mà không cần đưa ra Nghị Viện thảo luận. Đâu là những công cụ pháp lý cho phép ông thực hiện các thay đổi mà không qua Nghị Viện ? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Dự kiến một dự luật (bill) sẽ được giới thiệu trong Diễn văn của Nhà vua  (The King's Speech) vào tháng 5/2026 và được thông qua trước kỳ nghỉ hè năm nay, đánh dấu bước chuyển biến lớn nhất trong quan hệ Luân Đôn - Bruxelles sau khi Anh chính thức rời EU. Khi được thông qua rồi thì luật này cho phép chính phủ, từ nay tới 2028-2029, có thể ra các nghị định hoặc hướng dẫn để điều chỉnh các chính sách từng ngành nghề cụ thể của nền kinh tế, tạo sự tương thích với quy định của EU mà không cần Quốc Hội thông qua chi tiết nữa. Ý định này của thủ tướng Keir Starmer gây tranh cãi ra sao và lập luận của phe chống và ủng hộ là gì ? Liệu đây có là nước cờ mạo hiểm cho thủ tướng Anh khi mà các đảng đối lập chỉ trích ông « phản bội » ý nguyện của người dân ? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Ngay lập tức kế hoạch này đã bị các đảng đối lập như Bảo thủ và Reform chỉ trích. Họ coi mọi thay đổi hiệp định Brexit đều phải được Nghị viện thông qua. Phe phê phán chính phủ nói đây chẳng khác gì luật thời vua Henry VIII- năm 1539 triều đình Anh ra một luật cho phép ông vua đó điều hành vương quốc bằng các sắc lệnh (to rule by decree) mà không cần Nghị viện bỏ phiếu cho mỗi lần cụ thể để chuẩn thuận hoặc bác bỏ thay đổi. Hiện nay, phe đối lập và những người ủng hộ Brexit cứng rắn lo ngại đây là hành động “hội nhập lại EU bằng cửa sau”, làm mất đi quyền tự chủ về luật pháp của Anh khi phải chạy theo các quy tắc mà họ không còn quyền bỏ phiếu quyết định tại Bruxelles. Trong ngày 13/04/2026, lãnh đạo đảng Bảo thủ Kemi Badenoch đã phát biểu công khai phản đối ý tưởng về dự luật này. Theo bà thì đây là “cách làm tệ nhất ở cả hai đầu”: Anh mất quyền tham gia quyết định về các tiêu chuẩn hàng hóa của EU, mà phải chạy theo, tuân thủ quy định EU. Mặt khác, quy chế tương thích này khiến Anh không còn ký hiệp ước thương mại một cách thoải mái với các nước khác ngoài EU nữa. Trên thực tế thì cả hai đảng Bảo thủ và Reform đều thừa nhận kinh tế đang rất yếu. Nhưng giải thích của Reform là các đời thủ tướng Bảo thủ đã qua và Lao động hiện nay đã “không biết tận dụng cơ hội Brexit đem lại” và đã làm uổng phí sự độc lập tự chủ khỏi EU để thúc đẩy tăng trưởng kinh tế. Đảng Bảo thủ cầm quyền từ khi Brexit 2016 đến giữa năm 2024 thì nay có ban lãnh đạo mới và ban lãnh đạo này cũng nói họ đang đưa ra các chính sách (mang tính đề xuất) để thúc đẩy tăng trưởng. Nhưng nói một cách khách quan thì chính sách của đảng nào nêu ra cũng vấp phải thực tiễn rất khắc nghiệt. Dư luận Anh nay nghĩ gì về Brexit và về quan hệ với EU ? TTV. Nguyễn Giang : Về dư luận thì tính đến tháng 1/2026, theo Statista, có tới 58% người dân Anh coi quyết định Brexit là sai, và chỉ có 30% coi là đúng. Tuy thế, người ta không nghĩ việc quay trở lại EU là khả thi. Trước mắt, việc xích lại gần EU để kinh tế đỡ khó khăn là bước đi mà nhiều người coi là hợp lý nhất. Tôi thấy bên cạnh chuyện kinh tế thì nhìn chung, người dân chấp nhận Anh ở bên ngoài EU và họ chỉ có thể than phiền về thủ tục kiểm tra biên giới, về hàng không khi sang EU đi du lịch. Rất nhiều vấn đề thực tiễn này vẫn chưa có giải pháp chung gì cả.    

The forestry sector is set to pay less, more efficiently. The Government is proposing further cost reductions on carbon credits, Forestry Minister Todd McClay saying they're lowering payments from forest owners to $10.25 per hectare. It's the second reduction since the coalition took office, and proposals would see costs go down from $14.90 a hectare. Forest Owners Association CEO Dr Elizabeth Heeg told Mike Hosking they've been looking for efficiency in the government processes, and MPI has done a good job in finding ways to bring those costs of operations down. She says they also looked at moving some of the things in the annual charge into targeted fees, so if someone uses a service multiple times, they don't all have to pay for it. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the fourth episode of the fifth series, the Burning Issue talks to Gavin Anderson, head of policy and stakeholder engagement at Veolia about the UK government's plans to include energy-from-waste (EfW) plants under the scope of the emissions trading schemeThis episode discusses: Whether the expansion of the UK emissions trading scheme is the right solution for decarbonising the waste sectorThe advantages and disadvantages of the ETS for for EfW operatorsPossible alignment with the EU ETS Voluntary Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Impact of the ETS on local authorities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yesterday the final emissions trading scheme auction of the year failed to clear. That means there were no bidders for any of the carbon credits up for sale That makes 2025 just the 2nd year in the schemes 17 year history in which all four auctions have failed to clear This comes against a backdrop of business uncertainty and weakening environmental regulations. To find out exactly what this all means Jesse is joined by ETS expert Nigel Brunel from Marex commodity brokers

If you follow the carbon market, and you should, it is yet another lesson in the abject failure that almost certainly results in gerrymandering markets. Four times a year you bid for credits (offsets) to counter your polluting habits. You do this because we signed up to Paris and made a bunch of promises we were never going to be able to keep. By selling credits the Government has the potential income of about $2 billion a year. Except little, if any, of that happens because by and large people don't turn up and bid. And they fail to show up, broadly speaking, because people don't believe a word the Government says on climate. It's not just this Government. The last one was even worse. They have tried to set a price for carbon credits, remembering of course that it's an entirely invented market. So it's a dart-at-a-board stuff at the best of times. Of late the price was $52. Then it was $33 before settling back to about $40-something. Enter Climate Minister Simon Watts. Now, he doesn't normally talk about the market because that's interference, the same way the Prime Minister doesn't talk about the Reserve Bank. But Simon has talked about the market, and he has done that because the Government are panicked. He issued a reassurance that despite all the changes they are making around climate, the carbon market and the ETS are still a thing. We are still committed, it's still going to happen. His commitments, he said, are firm. Except, Simon, that's the problem – no one believes you. This is a Government that says one thing and does another. Don't get me wrong, what, roughly, they are doing is the right thing. The tide has gone out on climate. The promises are a bust. No one is going to make Net Zero, so the answer is stop pretending you are. Science might come to the rescue and if it does, fantastic. But the governmental promises around carbon and the ETS and car import duties is all BS. There is no better proof of that than the carbon market. The market is calling the Government's bluff. Carbon credits or snake oil? Same thing. No one's buying figuratively and literally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The carbon price has fallen since the government announced it would de-link the Emissions Trading Scheme from its Paris climate pledges.

The Government recently announced a raft of proposed changes to the Climate Change Response Act and the Emissions Trading Scheme. Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says the Government's focused on reducing domestic emissions and the legislation needs to reflect these standards. "We're focusing on domestic emissions reduction as the priority." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Quadrise PLC (AIM:QED) CEO Peter Borup talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about how the recent delay by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to finalise its net-zero framework is impacting the global shipping industry and the commercial prospects of Quadrise's cleaner fuel alternatives, MSAR and BioMSAR. Borup said the delay has introduced more uncertainty for shipowners and regulators alike but stressed that it also opens space for independent action. “You can actually go pretty far and you can save some money at the same time,” he noted, pointing to immediate solutions including hull paint, rotor sails, and Quadrise's own products that reduce both emissions and costs. He also addressed the impact of lacking a global carbon pricing mechanism until 2027, saying that cleaner fuels like MSAR and BioMSAR still offer a compelling value proposition due to their economic and emissions advantages. Borup highlighted growing opportunities within the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, with players already selling carbon credits at over €300 per tonne to global buyers such as Microsoft. While the IMO delay may appear as a hurdle, Borup suggested it could also be beneficial, stating, “It could be in our favour,” provided Quadrise can scale adoption quickly. He emphasised the importance of a level playing field for shipowners across jurisdictions. For more in-depth interviews, visit Proactive's YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe, and turn on notifications for future updates. #Quadrise #ShippingFuel #CleanEnergy #BioMSAR #MSAR #PeterBorup #IMO #Decarbonisation #MaritimeFuels #EmissionReduction #CarbonCredits #ETS #SustainableShipping

ACT Party Leader David Seymour has set the cat among the pigeons, or the Huntaway among the cattle, by calling for New Zealand to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is a pact that's part of the UN's framework convention on climate change, which started in 1992 with the Rio Earth Summit. The main goal of the Paris Agreement is to keep long-term global temperatures from warming 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, and if not that, then well below 2 degrees Celsius by slashing planet-warming emissions from coal, oil, and gas. It's not working, the numbers are still too high, but who knows what they would have been had the Paris Agreement not been in place. It works as a binding but voluntary programme for the member countries. Every five years, countries are required to submit a goal or a plan for what it will do about heat-trapping emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases. And these goals are supposed to get more ambitious every five years – you're supposed to improve on what you did last time. The countries themselves decide what's in those goals, and there is no punishment for countries who miss the goals. Despite this, despite the fact that there are no teeth and no punitive measures if you don't meet the self-imposed targets, ACT says that the Paris Agreement needs to change, or New Zealand needs to leave. David Seymour says it demands targets that are disconnected from science and blind to New Zealand's realities. Net zero targets have been set without regard for the real cost to firms, farms, and families, they say, so they want New Zealand out, like the US. “At the moment, we face being punished for being a methane-heavy economy. I think it's about time that we, perhaps along with like-minded nations, I'm thinking South American nations like Uruguay that have a lot of livestock, also a lot of Southeast Asian nations which produce a lot of rice, which it turns out actually produces a lot of methane – we should be going to Paris saying, "hang on a minute', instead of our government officials making representations to the public that pay them on behalf of these global institutions, maybe they should actually be going on our behalf overseas to say, ‘you guys need to give a fair deal to methane-heavy economies,' because methane's a very different gas. It has a much different effect on climate because it breaks down over time, and therefore that scientific reality needs to be recognised.” So that was David Seymour talking to Heather du Plessis-Allan last night. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it's not going to happen; we're not going to leave. It would only hurt and punish and damage our farmers. He says our competitor countries would like nothing more than to see New Zealand products off the shelves, and he added that, having worked in multinationals, the companies would just move to another supplier, a more public-friendly, a more agreeable, a more green-friendly supplier. He does have a point. Well, both men have points, really. David Seymour is quite right in that methane is a different sort of a gas, that New Zealand does it the best in the world. New Zealand produces food better than anybody else in terms of accounting for climate change targets and goals. But Christopher Luxon has a point too, because green and social accounting is part of global financial reporting. We're seeing it right down to the smallest business in New Zealand. Your bank wants to see you committing to various environmental targets, goals, achievements. If you don't, the money comes at a higher rate. And it's the same for them. Their masters, their overlords, want to see that the banks themselves have required their clients to commit to environmental goals. It's absolutely entwined within the way the world does business. I don't know how you can separate one from the other. It would be very easy for New Zealand to be made an example of, far harder for the US because it is a global powerhouse. Notwithstanding Modi, Xi, and Putin all getting together to try and form another cabal or block of power, but the US is too powerful to punish. Were we to say, "You know what, we're out," it would be very, very easy for us to be made an example of. We're small, quite loud, there would be some people around the world who would have heard of us, so if we're made an example of, it would only hurt us. Nobody else would care. Furthermore, Christopher Luxon says that New Zealand has taken farming out of the ETS, the Emissions Trading Scheme, and promises there'll be an announcement on methane targets in the very, very near future. So where do you stand on this one? As I'm aware, farming as an industry and farming as a science is constantly working to improve efficiencies in the way they do things. Our scientists and our ag researchers are working overtime to try and bring down any harmful gases caused in the manufacture of food. Farmers are implementing all sorts of measures, and if they don't, they're off the books. They are no longer clients of places like Fonterra. So you have to meet really high standards before you can consider yourself a farmer in the modern age. I would have thought farming as an industry understood the global realities, given that they are a major global player. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pulling out of the Paris Climate agreement has got the backing of ACT and New Zealand First, who say we're overdoing it. And my first reaction is yes. The thing isn't working. It's never worked. It has always felt like something the world does to make itself feel like it's doing something, even though it's doing nothing When you combine it with the Emissions Trading Scheme —which is a giant Ponzi scheme made to make Coldplay feel better about touring the world in jet planes, meanwhile filling our pastures with trees— then the whole thing seems useless, so why be involved? And we're so little. New Zealand's biggest contribution to CO2 numbers is our farming, which is fairly benign polluter, because the world needs food. The world doesn't need more cheap jeans and plastic crap, but the people who make that stuff are merrily pumping rubbish into our atmosphere. So why should we be punishing the cornerstone of our economy when in the scheme of things, it contributes so little while the real polluters keep on polluting? So yeah, let's stand up. Tell the world they're in a fool's paradise of virtue signalling and get on with feeding the people we can. But. The rest of world, with the exception of the United States, still believe in this mirage. And they're the ones buying our food, and they're also the ones who will find any way to blacklist our awesome agricultural products. So pulling out of the charade may see us cutting our nose off to spite our face. It may reduce the compliance costs on our farmers in the first instance, but what's the point of that if it makes the rest of the world turn their back on our milk and butter and meat? ACT and New Zealand First may think that this posturing is helping our farmers, but in fact it could be penalising them even more heavily And maybe ACT and New Zealand first are playacting this for votes just as much as the Paris Climate Accords are playacting for the environment So let's call this thing for what it is, and rather than just pulling our in a flounce, advocate for real change to the Accords and the policies and actually get on with helping the environment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gas shortages, a reversal of the ban of offshore oil and gas exploration, and a government plan to double geothermal energy in the next 15 years… There's been a lot in the news recently about New Zealand's energy supply now and in the future. Claire Concannon speaks to researcher Dr Jen Purdie about our ongoing electrification of industry and transport, about our ‘dry year problem', and what the future of supply and demand might look like in a changing climate.Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.Guests:Dr Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago.Kirsty Johnston, RNZ In-Depth journalistLearn more:Could nuclear fusion-generated energy be a way to help us power the future? Learn how New Zealand company OpenStar Technologies are trying to crack this.Read or listen to Kirsty's recent reporting about what has changed in climate policies underpinning the Zero Carbon Act 2019. The coalition government has stated they want to use New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme (rather than the GIDI fund) to help drive the transition from fossil fuels to other forms of energy, but as climate change journalist Eloise Gibson reports, there are issues with this plan.ReferencesThe 2025 Energy in New Zealand report came out in August 2025.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme were reported back to the House last night. Beef and Lamb New Zealand chairperson Kate Acland spoke to Corin Dann.

The latest carbon auction was a bust. It attracted zero bids, becoming the eighth auction to be declined. The secondary market currently sits around $58 a tonne, while the auction price sits at $68. ACT's Climate Change Spokesperson, Simon Court told Mike Hosking it shows that industrial emitters, such as coal users, already have enough units in the carbon bank to pay for this year's emissions. With the success of the secondary market, Court says it's evidence the Emissions Trading Scheme and the carbon markets are working quite well. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government says it's reinstating confidence in the Emissions Trading Scheme. It comes as the Climate Commission's calls for carbon credits to stay the same price, to maintain stability. Climate Change Minister Simon Watts told Mike Hosking while some carbon credit auctions haven't taken off, things are improving on other years. He says the previous Government was getting too involved and causing volatility, but he's turning things around. He says the Commission's told the Government its changes are working well, and it can keep its hand off the tiller. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton called for a big shake up of the Emissions Trading Scheme. 

A climate professor says forestry isn't the answer to climate change. It comes after Parliament's environment watchdog released a report proposing completely removing the ability of carbon polluters to rely on planting trees to meet their climate obligations, instead of cutting their emissions. Victoria University Adjunct Professor of Climate Change Adrian Macey told Mike Hosking we need a more comprehensive approach to tackling climate change. He says planting trees simply isn't good enough. Macey says planting trees isn't a 'get out of jail free' card, but rather a suspended sentence. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The UK's original plans to follow Brussels in requiring shipping companies to buy carbon credits for their carbon emissions was originally limited to domestic voyages. Now, officials in London are considering whether to take a step further. We talk to Transport & Environment's Jon Hood about the implications.

The latest carbon credit auction found little success, but the Climate Change Minister says there's still some positives.  The Government's auction attracted no bidders, increasing the chances of millions of tonnes of permits going up in smoke come December.  The Government has announced measures to address the issue, shrinking the number of permits available over the next five years in an effort to flush out surplus credits.  Minister Simon Watts said that there is demand for the credits, as there is an active secondary market that is trading with good liquidity.  He said that the function of the government's market is to introduce supply to the market if necessary, and the purpose of the credits is to reduce emissions, not generate revenue for the government.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Climate Change Minister believes slashing 24 million carbon credits will fix the struggling Emissions Trading Scheme. Companies buy the credits in quarterly auctions - to offset their pollution output. Repeated failures to sell credits triggered the Climate Change Commission to advise there are too many cheap units available, in order to drive down emissions. Minister Simon Watts says it's a simple supply and demand fix, but he can't speculate on the price implications. "What we've done here today is make sure we've put some credibility back into this market - which hasn't been the case in the past." Changes to unit numbers kick in from 2025. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Emissions Trading Scheme could soon stop Kiwis from eating their greens.  Greenhouse tomato, cucumber and capsicum growers are set to be affected by changes to industrial allocation.   Major producers could be lumped with a $200,000 fee, and Vegetables New Zealand says that will put some out of business.  Vegetables New Zealand chair John Murphy joined Mike Hosking.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government recently announced its climate strategy for 2024, including five pillars in the different areas they plan to focus on. This government has been criticised previously for its inaction or ignorance of climate issues, particularly through policies such as agriculture's removal from the Emissions Trading Scheme, the scrapped clean car discount, and the Fast Track Approvals Bill.  In our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Castor spoke to MP Tom Rutherford about the government's new Climate Strategy for 2024, particularly its focus on businesses.

The Climate Minister promises he's focused on a 'credible' carbon credit market after yesterday's auction came up empty.  Not one unit was bought out of 3.5 million available.  Questions have been raised about the price of the credits and the gap between demand and supply.  Minister Simon Watts told Mike Hosking that the Government's working on its emissions reduction plan alongside the trading scheme.  He says they've been working hard to send a signal to the market on what the Government's intent is.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Thursday 20th of June, what are we expecting from the GDP number for Q1? And just how much trouble are the Government in after yet another failed ETS auction?  Is professional cricket in NZ facing a turning point when you have captain Kane Williamson turning down a central contract to play T20 overseas?  Joseph Parker is back in a big way. Two huge wins and now he's turning into a promoter as well. He joined Mike Hosking in studio to compare biceps.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government is proposing the repeal of several speed limit changes introduced across the country under the previous government since 2020. Among these changes include the expansion of school zone speed limits to cover the full day. These changes have been criticised for their potential risk to particularly children and other young people.  The Emissions Trading Scheme is a program introduced in Aotearoa to reduce emissions in line with global standards. The program requires emitters to log and report their emissions, and limits the quantity of emissions. Emitters can sell or buy emissions units from others to allow them to emit more or less. By removing agricultural emissions, farmers would no longer be required to adhere to these requirements. In our weekly catchup with the National party, Wire host Castor spoke to MP Suze Redmayne about the speed limit changes and removal of agriculture from the ETS. Particularly, he touched on the speed limit risks to children and how the government will restrict farmers' emissions without the ETS covering them.

For the weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Wire host Sofia Roger Williams spoke to ACT MP Simon Court about taking agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme, reports about the ACT Party's mistreatment of staff, as well as the party's 15% of the vote goal for 2026.  She also spoke with Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Victoria University, Dr Clare-Ann Fortune, about boot camps for young people who commit serious offences.  Producer Castor spoke to New Zealand Director for Brake, the road safety charity, Caroline Perry, about the newly proposed speed limit changes.  And producer Josef spoke to Debbie Ward, the National Disability Leadership Coordinator for CCS Disability Action, about the government announcing funding for specialist schools and classrooms for students with disabilities. Whakarongo tonu mai!

Last week, the coalition government confirmed it would deliver on its election commitment to take agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme. The Emissions Trading Scheme is a key tool for meeting New Zealand's domestic and international climate change targets, by requiring businesses to measure and report on their greenhouse gas emissions, to surrender one ‘emissions unit' to the Government for each one tonne of emissions they emit and by limiting the number of emissions units available to emitters. Wire host Sofia Roger Williams asked the ACT Party's Simon Court about this in terms of upholding New Zealand's international obligations as well as how the new Pastoral Sector Group will tackle biogenic methane.  She also asked Simon about reports of the ACT Party's ‘culture of fear' in its election campaign leadership and how the party is addressing them.  Lastly, she asked about the ACT Party's rally last Sunday where ACT leader David Seymour set a goal of 15% of the vote at the 2026 election. 

The Labour leader says this year's Fieldays is an opportunity to spend time listening to farmers, instead of being “whisked around” doing “Prime Ministerial things”. He said it was also a time to amend the “strained relationships” between the agricultural sector and his previous government. Plus, he talks about the Coalition Government's decision to exclude agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme and the scrapping of He Waka Eke Noa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DairyNZ's chief executive gives up lunch to yarn with us about the government removing agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme and disbanding He Waka Eke Noa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Prime Minister and chief executive of Fieldays kick off the show. Luxon comments on removing agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme, disbanding He Waka Eke Noa, and a call for an enquiry into rural banking. Nation says the “vibe" at Fielday is "pretty good” despite a few traffic issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government has kept its promise to farmers to exclude agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme. Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford spoke to Corin Dann.

Climate delay is the new denial: that's the message from the Green Party in response to agriculture being kept out of the Emissions Trading Scheme. Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Dairy NZ's welcoming the Government's decision to keep agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme.  A law change will stop farming being charged through the scheme, which offsets credits against emitting.   It's also disestablished He Waka Eke Noa and plans to replace it with a new group tasked with tackling methane emissions from farming.   Dairy NZ chief executive Campbell Parker told Mike Hosking that they're looking forward to having more precise emission targets.  He says when farmers get clarity, they will invest in the things needed to improve their farms.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Wednesday 12th of June, we talked to the farmers about the Government's choice to take agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme.  Bring on Fieldays 2024! Such a good event, so we needed to get down there for a talk about how it's going to go over the next three days.  Ginny Andersen and Mark Mitchell looked at the missing man and his kids, the investigation into the Te Kuiti baby death, and the housing supplement funds for MPs.  Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another one of those sensible moves this week, with an amendment coming to the Climate Change Response Act.  It's to make sure agriculture doesn't enter the Emissions Trading Scheme.  On a side note, the report the previous Government commissioned to look at how we handle agriculture around climate change was called He Waka Eke Noa.  Tell me what that means. Anyone. Tell me the translation of He Waka Eke Noa to English.  And in that was part of the ongoing angst over the Maorification of New Zealand and how simply peppering a few touchy-feely phrases changed nothing when it came to language.  So, He Waka Eke Noa is in the bin. We will need to find a new way to work out where agriculture fits into climate change.  But here is the key point that the current Government, frequented by farmers like Andrew Hoggard, get that the previous Government didn't, is that when it comes to farming, we globally are as good as it gets.  If we made farming needlessly hard here, we wouldn't produce as much, which was always a stupid idea given we sell what we make and that's called foreign income. And when we don't sell it, we eat it.  If we made it too hard to farm we would still need to eat, and it would simply be grown by someone else who isn't as good as we are. What's the point in that?  Then we get to the science of it all. Punishing people for a problem that science is already, and will increasingly help, if not address, is pointless.  The obsession around the Paris Agreement and cutting omissions at the expense of all else has already played out disastrously in oil and gas and our ability to turn the lights on.  The last thing we needed was a drop in agriculture.  The Australian Opposition has already talked this week of bailing on the Paris deal because it's unobtainable.  We signed up to things we couldn't do, and Labour didn't appear to care who they wrecked while chasing the illusion.  Reality and common sense is back and not a moment too soon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! It's been revealed agriculture will be taken off the Emissions Trading Scheme. Is this the right call for New Zealand's emissions profile? Waikato authorities have offered 80,000 to finally find the missing Marokopa father and children. Will this help flush out anyone with information? Labour's Chris Hipkins has pulled ahead in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll, and National is lagging. How much should voters read into this? Can the coalition turn public opinion around?  Labour's Kieran McAnulty raised a few eyebrows for claiming a political housing perk to live in his wife's apartment - is it time we scrapped this entitlement for MPs? LISTEN ABOVE    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government's move to scrap agriculture from the Emissions Trading Scheme has been welcomed by rural leaders. The newly-scrapped scheme would see farmers charged for additional emissions units used above their allotted allowance by 2025. Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says the Government needed to focus on 'practical tools' that wouldn't reduce production or exports for Kiwi farmers. Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford approves of this choice - but claims there's still significant work to be done.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Climate Change Minister says plans to reduce agricultural emissions must be balanced with maintaining New Zealand's production. The Government plans to change the law in order to to stop farming being charged with credit offsets through the Emissions Trading Scheme. It was the fallback plan if partnership group He Waka Eka Noa couldn't find an alternative way to charge agriculture. He Waka Eke Noa will be replaced and Simon Watts says he's committed to pricing agricultural emissions by 2030. "We want that to be industry and farmer-led, because our farmers are some of the most carbon-efficient farmers in the world." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

​On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 11 June 2024, Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley gives an update on his homicide investigation following the death of a Te Kuiti baby. The Climate Change Minister tells Heather why farmers shouldn't be paying for their emissions and will definitely be excluded from the Emissions Trading Scheme. The Commerce Commission has revealed the fuel price trick that costs motorists millions every year. Plus, the Huddle debates whether it's time we stopped paying politicians an accommodation allowance if they own the place they're staying in. Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's some good news for farmers on the eve of Fieldays - they will not have to pay for their emissions.The Government's announced it's taking agriculture back out of the ETS, which is where it's always been until the last Labour Government put it in there.And outside is where it should always be, because the idea of putting a climate tax on farmers who provide the food we need to survive is crazy. The idea is so crazy that, as far as I can tell, no other country in the world has done it.Now, Labour's threat to farmers was - you're in the ETS unless you find another way to pay for your emissions. So there will likely be an expectation that farmers will still have to find that other way. And frankly, I hope they don't have to. I hope we just give up on this, because making farmers pay to grow the food we need to survive is absolutely nuts. I'm not having an argument about whether climate change is real or not, because of course it's real. And I'm also not having an argument about whether we should make an effort to reduce emissions. If we can, of course we should, within reason. But I am prepared to argue about how far you take that idea. I think that idea was taken too far. When Labour put farmers in the ETS, it had gone too far - because the natural end point of that was that it would add another cost to farming that would cause our farmers to farm fewer animals. That would therefore produce less meat and milk, therefore feeding fewer humans and making our country poorer by selling less to the world. When you get to that endpoint - that's crazy. For a moment there, we got absolutely carried away with the conviction that climate change was the most important thing we were dealing with. Let's get this straight, it is not. It doesn't trump everything else that we are doing. I would argue feeding children is more important, educating children is more important and heating up homes in the winter is more important.Thank goodness for this announcement, because it is absolutely correcting our priorities. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new Treasury paper reveals how the Government's main weapon for tackling the climate crisis could affect families financially.   It demonstrates how leaning heavily on the Emissions Trading Scheme could increase costs for households disproportionately.   Carbon prices are expected to move upwards, bringing other household costs up with it and hitting lower income families the hardest.   Victoria University climate expert Adrian Macey told Mike Hosking that the modelling is a useful thought experiment about the effects of the ETS.   He says it sends a message to the Government it can't just set and forget the ETS, it has to consider compensation for the people most affected.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iqbal Dhaliwal, Global Executive Director of MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and Vikrant Bhargava, Founder of Veddis Foundation, join Alberto Lidji to discuss the power of evidence, the ASPIRE partnership and the innovative Emissions Trading Scheme. We also explore how philanthropists should decide what to fund, where and how to fund; why evidence is so important in driving forward policy change; and why policy itself should be a key focus in the philanthropic space.  The ASPIRE partnership (Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence) is a coalition of governments, philanthropic organizations, civil society groups, and research institutions.  The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a flexible, market-based approach to solving the air pollution problem in India. It works by capping emissions for a particular pollutant, like particulate matter, in a particular area. It allows sources of the pollutant, such as industrial plants, to trade emissions permits among themselves. The capping ensures emissions targets are met while trading allows this to be achieved cheaply. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 900 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty. J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, with longtime affiliate Michael Kremer, were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their pioneering approach to alleviating global poverty. Veddis Foundation invests in organisations working at the intersection of technology, policy, and impact. Veddis also partners with governments on policy implementation, effective public service delivery and governance.  Thank you for downloading this episode of the Do One Better Podcast. Visit our Knowledge Hub at Lidji.org for information on 250+ case studies and interviews with remarkable leaders in philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship. 

The government has been clear that it plans to rely on the Emissions Trading Scheme to meet climate targets. But according to the Climate Change Commission, the scheme will not be sufficient in its current form. In advice to government released yesterday, they say there is an over-supply of units. This means that large polluters - which buy the units to allow the release of planet-heating gases - often find it is cheaper to buy them than invest in ways to cut pollution. The Commision's chair, Dr Rod Carr, spoke to Morning Report.

The carbon market is worth following, if for no other reason than it's a very good example of voodoo economics - and it's highly entertaining.  We talked yesterday to Steven Joyce about James Shaw's desire to have our liability on carbon emissions put into the books so we can all see what sort of effect it would have on our finances.  The key lines in Joyce's explanation were that we can't do that because we don't actually know what the figure is, remembering of course we promised to reduce emissions in the Paris Accord by a certain amount in a certain timeframe.  He also quite rightly pointed out that there is no one to pay it to, and the reason there is no one to pay it to is because the whole thing is invented. Which brings us back to the Climate Change Commission, who have put out their latest advice. And their latest advice advises the Government that they have their settings all wrong.  The previous Government had their settings all wrong as well, given the carbon auctions last year were a complete and utter bust. The carbon auctions happen four times a year but it's another invention - if you're a polluter you buy credits to offset your emissions.  The trouble was at each and every one of the auctions last year no one bought anything. Not one carbon credit. Nothing.  As each auction came and went the unsold credits got added to the next auction, so work out the ol' supply and demand equation and guess what happened? That's right - nothing.  Four auctions and not a single sale. The Government could have got $2billion-ish but they got nothing.  The commission says we need to do something about it because there are too many credits, there is too much uncertainty and we run the risk of not meeting our obligations.  Small question - what exactly happens if we don't meet our obligations? The answer, my bet, is nothing.  Very few, if anyone, is meeting their obligations. China certainly isn't, or America, or India, the world's actual polluters.  We have got ourselves caught up in a faux fight, with a market we invented, in a non-enforceable deal. All propped up by the idea that you should hand over money to an imaginary group, or organisation, or people if you burn coal.  Could it be the fact no credits were sold at our auctions last year and the commissions concerns over settings is largely because this is a scam? And when push comes to shove people don't mind espousing hot air about it, we love a bit of greenwashing.  It's just we are not so keen on handing over actual money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forestry operators are hopeful that an independent review of the Emissions Trading Scheme will reduce the costs on the sector.  The Government's announced a review into the forestry component of the ETS.  Forestry Minister Todd McClay says it's about delivering on an election promise.  Forest Owners Association President Grant Dodson told Mike Hosking that he hopes it results in lower costs.  He says they're happy to pay their share, but it must be balanced across all sectors.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pressure is on for the Finance Minister to provide detail on how the government will deliver promised tax cuts as the country's economy slows. Nicola Willis unveiled the mini-Budget on Wednesday alongside Treasury's half year update. She has so far found $7.5 billion by slashing funding from initiatives like Let's Get Wellington Moving, Fair Pay Agreements and the Emissions Trading Scheme. Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Partners Nick Austin and Brett Hillis and counsel Julie Vaughan explain key features of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and how it is now to be applied to ships entering and leaving EU ports – and those sailing between them. In this podcast, they discuss the implications for charterers, possibilities for trading emissions allowances and the relevance of financial regulation.

New Zealand's carbon pricing system, the Emissions Trading Scheme, is a central tool in the country's climate change policy. Industries covered by the ETS must give the government a carbon unit for each tonne of emissions they produce. But the ETS has come under scrutiny after the government declined to follow Climate Commission advice late last year, to take action to keep the price of carbon units sufficiently high. The price plunged from nearly $90 to below $40 last month. After the government announced proposed changes to the ETS a fortnight ago, broadly in line with the Climate Commission's advice, the unit price recovered somewhat, to around $57 dollars. How do market based carbon pricing schemes work around the world ? Ian Parry is an international expert on climate mitigation strategies including carbon markets as Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert in the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department in Washington DC, and about to visit New Zealand.

We've been covering a lot of US state and federal CDR policy in the last few episodes. Today we're taking a much-needed international trip and discussing some critical stories happening across the globe.  Zimbabwe's government has announced new regulations on voluntary carbon offset trading to prevent greenwashing and ensure that local communities benefit. Carbon credit schemes in Zimbabwe have been unregulated. The new policy mandates that all carbon projects register with the program, ensuring that a percentage of the revenue goes directly to local communities.  Deforestation rates in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have fallen by 33.6% during the first six months of 2023 under the new administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This contrasts sharply with the record-breaking deforestation rates in 2022 under former president Jair Bolsonaro, who promoted mining and farming in protected areas. The UK government has announced comprehensive changes to its Emissions Trading Scheme: a program designed to decarbonize the country eventually. The ETS will now include more sectors, set new emissions limits for the power sector, energy-intensive industries, and aviation, and incorporate carbon removal technologies into the ETS. CDR solutions, like direct air capture, BECCs, and nature-based removals, will now be traded in the ETS program.  Today I'm with our regular policy panel of Holly Buck Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo and the author of Ending Fossil Fuels, and Wil Burns the Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy at American University. On This Show Holly Jean Buck Wil Burns Radhika Moolgavkar Resources New Zimbabwe Regulations Amazon Deforestation Decrease Cerrado Deforestation Increase “Brazilian Amazon Indigenous Territories” paper Petrobras Increasing Oil Output UK ETS Changes Drax BECCS projects Our Episode on California's SB 308 Connect with Nori Nori Nori's Twitter Nori's other podcast Reversing Climate Change Nori's CDR meme twitter account --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carbonremovalnewsroom/support