Sir Peter opened the conference with a stark reminder that “while many would prefer not to have to address the challenge of climate change, we do not have that luxury”. 


He highlighted that it’s clear that we need to take action and should not put our collective “heads in the sand”. 


He indicated that politicians and scientists need to work closely together, with science providing the knowledge required to understand future choices and trade-offs. 


“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.”


See Sir Peter Gluckman&#39;s address to the NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Conference