emissions trading set for failure.

[C_T_Russell]

How of any of this is going to mitigate climate change?
We have the best part of 200 years of CO2 emissions to catch up on, plus we still cant plant trees at the rate of burning, and at best even if we could, its not enough, we need to plant a whole continent to make any meaningful change.
Planting all of the saraha would achieve more than the few pines in NZ.
Check out the africa green belt, thats a more meaningful project, and why kiwis cant claim carbon offsetting for tree planting in the Amazon, i will never know.
Yet we are happy to let overseas buyers take over our farms and plant them all in pines.
Its hypocritical.
Thats why I really like Act's climate policy, because they would permit this.

it will help mitigate climate change by modifying behaviours.  But like I said it is not a be all and end all solution, I think it is well established that it is going to take multiple initiatives to make a dent in it...

I think that re-forestation is the best thing for the environment, but unfortunately many countries that face this issue have corrupt governments, its only just recently that Brazil for instance has a new leader that is actually trying to address this issue for once after many decades of corrupt governments.
Im excited to see what progress is made to restore the amazon.

Nature also is partly to blame, the Sahara desert used to be lush rainforest once upon a time, but its believed an asteroid hit the earth and wiped it all out. But life still survives, it just needs to adapt.
Many civilizations have now been lost to the ocean over past climate change, its always happening.
humans need to learn to adapt, its beyond our control, but we can do our bit to restore what has been lost.

Check out Dogger Island, thats off the coast from the UK, its believed it once  joined europe, its all under water after sea level rise.
I wouldnt be surprised if we see another ice age and then everyone will be wanting the earth to warm up again.