Matt Burgess, newly appointed as economic advisor to the National caucus, has just released a paper titled, “Pretence of Necessity; Why further climate change action isn’t needed and won’t help”.
For one, not everyone, least of all farmers, wants a major chunk of NZ farmland converted to pine forest to generate ETS emissions offsets.
The Government has essentially guaranteed that they will increase in value with time, so presumably these credits have become a lucrative investment security.
What’s more, in Chris Luxon we have a leader with a proven track record.
We won’t always agree with everything they say or all they suggest, but that doesn’t mean we oppose climate action.
Finally, with regard to Matt Burgess and his paper – that report was written for the NZ Initiative, not the National Party.