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Interview: Rod Carr warns Govt is falling behind on climate
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TL;DR: Next week the Climate Commission will unveil its draft advice for Aotearoa’s 2026-30 emissions budget. Chair Rod Carr tells me in the interview above for both free and paying subscribers the Government is falling behind after rejecting the Commission’s advice on the Emissions Trading Scheme, bringing agriculture into the ETS and using pine forests as carbon sinks. He says time is running out.
PM Chris Hipkins’ Cabinet has repeatedly opted for climate policy options that prioritise lower fuel costs over…
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