Wellington City Council councillor Iona Pannett is concerned an academic with ties to climate change sceptic groups has been invited to present to councillors. (File photo)Wellington City councillor Iona Pannett is concerned a climate change sceptic has been asked to speak to the council, describing his views as “dangerous”. “I don’t want to spend enormous amounts of money on climate change mitigation when we suddenly find in the future we have to spend it on climate change adaptation,” he said. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Protestors marched during a strike to raise climate change awareness in Wellington in 2019. (File photo)Kelly will be addressing the council’s submission on the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice to the Government.

Source: Stuff March 17, 2021 03:00 UTC