NZ needs to break out of a ‘sustainability recession’

New Zealand has entered a “sustainability recession”, and fresh thinking is needed to speed up the climate transition. This was the conclusion of a two-day Climate Change and Business conference that opened in Auckland on Sept 9. A panel moderated by Beca chief executive Amelia Linzey discussed how business and government should collaborate to accelerate the climate transition.It’s worse than thatThe conference’s opening speaker, Australian climate scientist Joëlle Gergis, was there to remind everyone things we...