Managing climate change an ‘economic imperative’

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says managing climate change is a “global environmental and economic imperative'. “The IGR (Intergenerational Report) makes clear the costs that could come with rising temperatures, the impact on specific sectors like agriculture and tourism, plus, the vast scale of investment needed to respond,” Mr Chalmers said at the National Press Club on Thursday. “These are not only risks to manage, costs to bear, but vast industrial opportunities.'

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says managing climate change is a “global environmental and economic imperative".

“The IGR makes clear the costs that could come with rising temperatures, the impact on specific sectors like agriculture and tourism, plus, the vast scale of investment needed to respond,” Mr Chalmers said at the National Press Club on Thursday.

 

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