10th Australia – New Zealand Climate Change and Business
Conference, Auckland
Delegates at a climate a climate and
business conference in Auckland are calling for a statutory
climate commission to set and monitor New Zealand’s carbon
budgets.
The 10th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change
and Business Conference has passed a resolution
supporting the concepts outlined in the Zero Carbon Act
campaign led by the Generation Zero youth climate lobby
group.
The move followed speeches to the conference by
retiring Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr
Jan Wright and the chair of the United Kingdom’s Climate
Committee, Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, endorsing the
climate commission proposal.
The conference also heard
calls from business leaders for certainty over climate
policy.
The conference was organised by the Environmental
Defence Society. Chief Executive Gary Taylor says support
among the business leaders and others at the conference for
a climate commission was overwhelming.
“We will now
communicate the resolution to political leaders,” he said.
“The election results show that progress on addressing
climate change is a top-of-mind concern for a large number
of New Zealanders and the creation of a climate commission
is the single most important step
forward.”
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