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policy instrument
Assessment Framework for Carbon Removals
Jurisdiction countryNew Zealand
Instrument typecompliance-inclusion
Authoritygovernment
PathwaysBlue carbon
Scopecarbon removal only
Statusproposed
DetailThe New Zealand Government announced a further round of changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the Climate Change Response Act 2002 (CCRA). One stated aim is to broaden the recognition of carbon removal activities. Until now forestry has been the primary method for earning carbon credits. Under the new Assessment Framework for Carbon Removals, activities such as wetland restoration, pea
Stated statusproposed
Pathway scopespecific
Pathway noteThe framework names 'blue carbon' projects among the activities expected to be recognised; wetland restoration and peatland rewetting are also named but map to no listed code with confidence.
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