Time to imagine and enact an economic system that works for people. An economic system that responds to society, rather than forces society to bend to its will. An economic system that results in a cleaner environment, rather than externalised costs. Second, we need to develop resilient local food systems, as not only do people need shelter but access to (good) food. Unless we are proactive in planning for resilient local food production, climate change will compromise our ability to actually produce the food due to environmental factors such as water shortages, temperature rises, more frequent and violent storms.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 15, 2020 16:30 UTC