NZ Herald Editorial on Climate Change

The NZ Herald has harsh words on the Government’s actions on climate change:

The Government’s response to climate change is not just feeble, it is in disarray.

Public opinion appears to have settled on an acceptance that global warming is as serious as the IPCC keeps saying and that something must be done before it gets much worse.

Yet all we have received from the Government is a Minister for Climate Change, and all we hear from the minister, David Parker, are timeless assurances that polices are being developed and announcements can be expected, perhaps by the end of the year.

If the Government finds global warming too hard to handle, it should have the honesty to say so and end the uncertainty facing investment in carbon-emitting activities and alternatives.