Cheaper to cut emissions than deal with climate change effects, report says

Thu, 14 Dec 2017

By Paul McBeth Dec. 15 (BusinessDesk) - The cost of climate change to New Zealand is still unknown, but a group of experts tasked with plugging the country's information gaps says it will likely be significant and it would be cheaper to cut greenhouse emissions than simply adapting to those changes. The Ministry for the Environment today released a series of reports to give a clearer picture of the climate change issues facing the country and offering guidance on how to adapt to them. A technical working group co-chaired by climate chang...

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