Budget’s climate impact equal to 100,000 more cars on the road

Just a week before the reveal of this year’s Budget, Cabinet was informed of the significant climate impact of cuts and new policies: 2.8 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions out to 2050.
Newly released documents show officials at the Ministry for the Environment who usually vet the climate effects of new policies were shut out of the process instead, the Treasury and an interdepartmental board which coordinates the climate response were responsible for the calculations.