OECD urges Australia to include agriculture in emissions scheme

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Updated August 26, 2009 06:43:35

The global body for economic development says leaving agriculture out of an Australian emissions trading scheme could undermine the governments' efforts to reduce overall emissions. Hsin Huang from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says the longer countries delay including agriculture, the greater the economic pain for farmers. The Australian government will decide whether to include agriculture in an emissions trading scheme in 2013.

Presenter: Mary Goode
Speaker: Economist Hsin Huang from the OECD in Paris

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