Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor, and Climate Change Minister James Shaw are making an announcement in the Wairarapa on the Government's plan to reduce agricultural emissions. Video / Mark MitchellPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor, and Climate Change Minister James Shaw are making an announcement in the Wairarapa on the Government's plan to reduce agricultural emissions. Groundswell New Zealand co-founder Bryce McKenzie was referring to the world-first scheme that will require farmers to pay for agricultural emissions in some form by 2025 which went out for consultation this week. Since the Government's emissions announcement on Tuesday, phones had been ringing red hot and the protest would be held "in the very near future", the West Otago farmer said. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described it as a "pragmatic proposal" that would reduce agricultural emissions while making produce more sustainable and enhancing the "export brand".

Source: Otago Daily Times October 13, 2022 02:32 UTC