Climate Action LedgerTracking climate leadership · Aotearoa NZ
NC-021··National-led coalition (with ACT & NZ First)·budget

Agricultural emissions pricing work defunded

Harm -1

What happened

Budget 2024 cut funding for agricultural emissions pricing policy work from ~$167m to ~$3m over four years (part of broader CERF/agriculture savings).

Why it matters

Ends practical pathway to price NZ's largest emissions source after removing agriculture from ETS.

Impact assessment

Defunds implementation capacity; reinforces delay to 2030 pricing pledge.

Scale: ~$164m reduction (4 years)

Attribution

shared (high confidence) -National, ACT, NZ First

Budget 2024; complements NC-002 ETS removal.

Coalition period: National-led coalition (with ACT & NZ First) (27 November 2023 - present)

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