New Zealand declares a climate change emergency
Jacinda Ardern calls climate change ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time' and pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025New Zealand has declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon-neutral government by 2025, in what the prime minister Jacinda Ardern called “one of the greatest challenges of our timeâ€.A motion tabled in parliament on Wednesday recognised “the devastating impact that volatile and extreme weather will have on New Zealand and the wellbeing of New Zealanders, on our primary industries, water availability, and public health through flooding, sea level rise, and wildfireâ€.