How Climate Change Commission report could affect small businesses
How Climate Change Commission report could affect small businesses
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By Nick Truebridge for RNZ
Small businesses like restaurants and cafes could be impacted after the Climate Change Commission released its first report, with a raft of targets proposed to cut New Zealand s emissions.
The commission has found the government needs to do more to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement.
And its advice means big changes for New Zealand s small businesses.
The sear of a steak is a sound that s here to stay, but how you cook that piece of porterhouse, scotch or eye fillet could be about to change.
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And United Nations research suggests the cost of living is only going to get worse in our urban centres, with close to one in seven people globally tipped to call cities home by 2050. Many of these growing centres are fighting back, and academics say there are lessons to be learned in New Zealand. Philippa Howden-Chapman, Wellington-based University of Otago professor and director of the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, highlights the work done in Singapore, Germany, and the Nordic countries.
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Academic Philippa Howden-Chapman says New Zealand can learn a lot from what other countries are doing on housing.