Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr to retire as carbon prices slump

Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr to retire as carbon prices slump
Rod Carr is moving on. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr will retire from the role at the end of his term this year, as carbon prices continue to tumble.His departure, along with two other commissioners coming to the end of their terms, will give the government an opportunity to put its own stamp on the eight-member board.The price of carbon continues to drop with the market seemingly unconvinced that the government will do anything to push carbon prices higher.On Friday afternoon, New Zealand Units (NZUs, a proxy for a tonne of carbon) were trading around the...

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