TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, NEW ZEALAND PROPOSES TAXING COW BURPS

  • 11/10/2022

In an effort to combat climate change, New Zealand has proposed taxing the greenhouse gases emitted by farm animals while burping and urinating. Farmers will be required to pay for agricultural emissions in some form under the world's first scheme by 2025. The farming industry accounts for roughly half of the country's emissions.

Farmers, on the other hand, have been quick to criticise the plan, with one lobby group claiming that it would "rip the guts out of small-town New Zealand." The proposed levy, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, will be used to fund new technologies, research, and incentive payments for farmers.

 "New Zealand's farmers are set to be the first in the world to reduce agricultural emissions, positioning our biggest export market for the competitive advantage that brings in a world increasingly discerning about the provenance of their food," she told reporters while announcing the proposals from a farm in Wairarapa.

The pricing has not yet been decided on, but the government says that farmers should be able to make up the cost of the levy by charging more for climate-friendly produce.

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