Parliamentary committee to review managed retreat

Parliamentary committee to review managed retreat
Cyclone Gabrielle put the heat on policymakers to act. (Image: Getty)
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Climate change minister James Shaw has asked parliament’s environment select committee to launch an inquiry into community-led retreat and adaptation funding and wants to form a cross-party consensus with a special committee in the next term. The committee, chaired by former conservation minister and Green MP Eugenie Sage, will form its own terms of reference to hear from a broad range of views on developing an enduring response to climate change. Shaw suggested those terms include reviewing the current approach, lessons from re...

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