Climate change might not be high on its immediate agenda, but New Zealand’s new government does have one potentially significant and innovative policy.
Recognising the marine environment’s ability to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂), it has pledged to consider bringing wetlands into the emissions trading scheme, and to investigate the potential of kelp farms to sequester CO₂.
New Zealand’s current sequestration plans rely heavily on planting forests and buying international carbon credits to offset emissions.
