NZ should welcome Chinese cleantech expertise: Lord Turner

NZ should welcome Chinese cleantech expertise: Lord Turner
A photovoltaic plant in China. (Image: Getty)
Greg Hurrell
The world, and New Zealand, needs to embrace China’s contribution to developing green technology as it seeks to replicate its success, according to a member of the British House of Lords.Lord Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, spoke at the Climate Change & Business Conference in Auckland from the UK.“This is a very heavily debated issue in Europe, as it was in the US. Our recommendation ... was that we couldn't simply turn our back on the huge progress that Chinese companies in particular have made in...

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