New Zealand budget: $1bn for 'nature jobs' but dismay at lack of climate action
Up to 11,000 jobs, including pest and weed control, to be created but critics call for greater emphasis on climate change
More than a billion dollars will be spent by the New Zealand government creating nature jobs" as part of its a pandemic recovery, including environmental work in regions, but critics expressed dismay there wasn't more emphasis on climate change.
On Thursday the finance minister Grant Robertson unveiled more than NZ$50bn in recovery funding to get the economy back on track following a seven-week lockdown. Tens of thousands of people have lost work during the crisis, with further lay-offs expected.
Related: New Zealand budget: Robertson lays out $50bn plan to return jobs to pre-Covid-19 levels
Incredible spending everywhere but what's missing? Anything on climate change.
The govt said transition to a low carbon economy was its No.1 budget priority pre-COVID. Nowhere to be seen today.
I'm scanning this for anything about climate and not finding much - am I missing something?
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