Carr named to chair Climate Change Commission

Carr named to chair Climate Change Commission
Gavin Evans
Former Reserve Bank chair Rod Carr has been appointed chair-designate of the independent Climate Change Commission. Carr, previously chief executive of Jade Software Corporation and most recently Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury University, will take up his new role immediately. His appointment will be formalised later in the year when the commission is established with the passing of the Zero Carbon Bill. The commission is tasked with delivering by February 2021 three carbon budgets out to 2035. It is taking up the work from the Interim Cli...

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