National Party Kaikoura MP and climate change spokesman Stuart Smith. Photo / LDR/Adam BurnsNational Party MP Stuart Smith has described a Government climate change plan as the "science of bull****" during a talk in Ashburton this week. The Kaikōura MP floated suggestions that warmer temperatures would not cause an increase in extreme rains - contrary to the Government's National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) plan. Smith, who is National's climate change spokesman, confirmed during the meeting that he was making official parliamentary inquiries with Climate Change Minister James Shaw around the legitimacy of the report, sparking several heated reactions from patrons. Potential changes to New Zealand's flood exposure were not covered in the 2019 Niwa report as a national climate change flood exposure study had not been done at the time, he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 04, 2021 07:18 UTC