ENZ modelling: Projected price outcomes from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

As part of the research for his report, Alt-F Reset: Examining the drivers of forestry in New Zealand, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment commissioned Concept Consulting to model price forecasts for the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

The expected future ETS price trajectory is an important determinant of the levels of afforestation in New Zealand. This note provides preliminary results from a series of model runs.