A law change requiring councils to come up with climate adaptation plans is unlikely to pass before the election, the climate change minister says.
The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, proposes
mandatory adaptation planning for areas at high risk from climate change hazards like flooding.
Climate change minister Simon Watts told RNZ that he wanted the bill to go through a full select committee process.
"Realistically, with Parliament rising on 24 September, it won't be passed before the election - it'll be passed after the election and put into law."
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