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  • About the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
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    • Annual updates to emission unit limits and price control settings
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    • Setting unit limits in the NZ ETS
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  • A tool for climate change
  • How synthetic greenhouse gases are affected by the NZ ETS

The NZ ETS market

This section provides a range of more detailed information on how the NZ ETS market works. This includes; setting unit limits in the NZ ETS, annual updates to emission unit limits and price control settings, buying NZUs and Government auctions of NZUs.

Last updated: 22 June 2022

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Go back to "New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme"
  • About the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
  • Coverage of the Emissions Trading Scheme
  • Participating in the NZ ETS
  • The NZ ETS market
    • Annual updates to emission unit limits and price control settings
    • Emission unit (NZU) prices and controls
    • ETS Auctions and how to buy New Zealand Emissions Units (NZUs)
    • Setting unit limits in the NZ ETS
    • Unit flow forecasts
  • A tool for climate change
  • How synthetic greenhouse gases are affected by the NZ ETS

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