Six big issues for business and climate change

Six big issues for business and climate change
A fire fanned by a cyclone's high winds devastated drought-hit Lahaina in Maui. (Image: Getty)
Gary Taylor
We've come a long way since the first Climate Change and Business Conference in 2004. Back then the conference was small, and the content dominated by arguments about the veracity of the science. That science is now undisputed and the proposition that we are facing an “existential threat” has shifted from hyperbole to harsh reality. At next month’s conference, the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland will be full of business professionals whose job it is to address climate change. These people are engaged, motivated...

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