Jacinda Ardern has previously pledged for New Zealand to become carbon neutral by 2050.
“Vote in favour of this declaration, be on the right side of history, be part of the solution we must collectively deliver for the next generation,” she said. According to The Climate Mobilisation, a US lobby group pushing for such declarations, more than a dozen nations have followed suit, along with 1,800 local authorities in cities and towns globally.
New Zealand’s centre-right opposition National Party rejected the climate emergency declaration, labelling it “virtue signalling”.
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