Rod Carr marks final days at Climate Change Commission

Rod Carr marks final days at Climate Change Commission
Rod Carr's tenure at the Climate Change Commission ends on Dec 8. (Image: Climate Change Commission)
Greg Hurrell
New Zealand businesses are taking climate change far more seriously than many elected leaders, says outgoing Climate Change Commissioner Rod Carr.He talked to BusinessDesk at the commission’s 21st-floor office in Wellington’s iconic former BNZ building and looked back at his five years in the chair.Carr said climate change was serious, but there were also opportunities. “I think sometimes there are serious things, and you can't do much about them, like getting old. Then there are serious things that you should do some...

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