Jacinda Ardern Instagram – This week we announced a big milestone for New Zealand as we continue our action on climate change. Just under half of our greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Till now, we haven’t tackled these emissions in the same way we have for other sectors. When we came into Government, we sat down with the primary sector and committed to working together to come up with a plan to change that. What has been produced as a result of working together is a world first – a plan to price agricultural emissions but to have a system that works farm by farm so that our farmers and producers have the power and incentives to reduce emissions. Because no one else in the world has done this, there are details that still need to be worked through (and we’ve taken the main proposals of the sector and put them out for consultation) but this is also a huge opportunity for us. We know that consumers care deeply about where their food comes from and how it is produced. I genuinely believe our food producers are the best in the world – but we can also be the best for the world too. This is how we continue to carve out a high value space for our exporters, but also, do our part on climate change.