New Zealand's COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day
- Written by David Hall, Senior Researcher in Politics, Auckland University of Technology
Tracey McNamara/ShutterstockMany had hoped the COVID-19 crisis would be a critical juncture for climate change policy in New Zealand.
The budget was not this moment. It was about minimising the immediate crisis, with an eye to the forthcoming general election – not a pivot towards a low-emissions economy.
Under the circumstances, the...





