Rabobank: climate change inaction 'grim reading'

Rabobank: climate change inaction 'grim reading'
NZ's agribusiness sector risks being excluded from some markets if it doesn't act on climate change. (Image: Getty)
Riley Kennedy
A Rabobank white paper says inaction on climate change makes for “grim reading”.And it warns New Zealand’s agribusiness sector is at risk of market exclusion if it fails to meet its climate change obligations.The rural specialist bank has published a new white paper today, titled 'Steering into the food transition – Rethinking the climate change challenge for New Zealand food and agribusiness'.It covers where the bank sees opportunities within the climate change challenges the sector faces.The paper also highligh...

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