Dr Rod Carr, chair of the Climate Change Commission, which will present its draft advice incorporating public feedback to the Government at the end of the month. Climate change is not the clear and present danger that Covid represents, but its potential impacts are far more devastating. READ MORE:* 2021 is a new year but it brings the same challenges for Aucklanders* New Zealand to watch international climate leaders summit from the sidelines* Bad government policy: the real climate change threat to financial stability* First climate change risk assessment lays out long list of threats* Boris Johnson has done more for the climate than Jacinda ArdernWARWICK SMITH/Stuff Calls for climate change action are growing louder. It's a clear sign, along with court action from climate groups over a major Auckland highway project, that the calls for an urgent response to the climate emergency, are growing louder. Striking a balance between those approaches will be one of the many challenges for the Government in its climate plan.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2021 16:52 UTC