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A Double Win: New Pathways To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Improve Water Quality In New Zealand, Mario A. Fernandez, Adam J. Daigneault
A Double Win: New Pathways To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Improve Water Quality In New Zealand, Mario A. Fernandez, Adam J. Daigneault
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This paper explores potential land-sector policies and practices that could help meet New Zealand’s 2030 Paris Agreement target of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 2005 levels while simultaneous achieving improvements in freshwater quality. We use an integrated model of the country’s agricultural and forestry sectors to explore the economic and environmental outcomes for 21 freshwater and climate change policy alternatives and mitigation target scenarios. The agri-environmental model estimates are then included in a multidimensional decision space framework that incorporates the risk attitude of policy-makers and uses an ordered weighting average model to evaluate potential policy pathways. We …