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Sir Peter opened the conference with a stark reminder that &#8220;while many would prefer not to have to address the challenge of climate change, we do not have that luxury&#8221;. 
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He highlighted that it&#8217;s clear that we need to take action and should not put our collective &#8220;heads in the sand&#8221;. 
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He indicated that politicians and scientists need to work closely together, with science providing the knowledge required to understand future choices and trade-offs. 
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&#8220;There will be hard choices and science and technology will play a critical role in how, in coming decades, society makes these choices and reaches the essential compromises that protect our social and economic well-being while ensuring that the planet that can support our great-grandchildren.&#8221;
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See <a href="http://http//www.pmcsa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/NZ-Agri_Greenhouse-Gas_April-28-2015.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://http://www.pmcsa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/... - link will open in a new window">Sir Peter Gluckman&#39;s address to the NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Conference</a> 
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