December 3, 2020

The Guardian: New Zealand declares a climate change emergency

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/02/new-zealand-declares-a-climate-change-emergency

New Zealand declares a climate change emergency

2020-12-02 00:00:00, Phil Taylor, The Guardian

Content Categorization
/People & Society/Social Issues & Advocacy/Green Living & Environmental Issues
/Science/Ecology & Environment
/Science/Earth Sciences/Atmospheric Science

Word Count:
655

Words/Sentence:
66

Reading Time:
4.37 min

Reading Quality:
Adept

Readability:
13th to 15th

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The declaration of a climate emergency was supported by the Green Party and Māori Party and opposed by the National and Act parties.

Speaking in parliament after its introduction, Ardern said the country must "act with urgency".

"The irony is, even under [President] Trump, the US is going to have made better per-capita reductions than we have."

Writing in The Conversation, Robert McLachlan, a professor of applied mathematics at Massey University, said New Zealand was yet to make emissions reductions.

This is despite strong statements from the prime minister, such as this when the Zero Carbon Act was passed in November last year: "[New Zealand is] on the right side of history.

The lack of action was "embarrassing" and had become "untenable", University of Canterbury political science professor Bronwyn Hayward said last week.

Of 43 industrialised countries, New Zealand is among 12 that have seen net emissions increase between 1990 and 2018.

Keywords
Environment, Climate change, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, World news

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