And the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist sensation, Greta Thunberg, chimed in at the same summit conference with an impassioned call to action. In policy terms, New Zealand needs to ramp up its climate action. Climate change or global heating and its consequences to get to the nub is a multi-headed monster that will pretty much defeat all but the most radical of responses. The proposed Climate Change Commission has a chairman but no runs on the board yet. So, with the 2020s almost upon us, it'll be a case of accepting a climate of radical change or succumbing to a climate of fear.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 27, 2019 15:22 UTC