17 May 2022

James Shaw defends measures in new Emissions Reduction Plan

From Morning Report, 6:40 am on 17 May 2022

Climate activists are calling the government's plan to curb emissions, light on detail, full of fluff, and letting the worst polluters off the hook.

The Emissions Reduction Plan has hundreds of pages with hundreds of new initiatives -- while also having surprisingly little to say about the country's main source of emissions, the agricultural sector.

Susie Ferguson spoke with James Shaw, and began by asking him why farmers don't need to put a single cent into the new agri-tech research centre until 2025.