New Zealand is reportedly panning to declare a climate emergency in a symbolic step to increase pressure for action to combat global warming.
The government will put forward a motion to declare the emergency next Wednesday, the government said as parliament reconvened after a general election won by Ardern’s party.
PM Ardern said: “We’ve always considered climate change to be a huge threat to our region, and it is something we must take immediate action on.”
She said: “Unfortunately, we were unable to progress a motion around a climate emergency in parliament in the last term, but now we’re able to.”
If a climate emergency is passed, New Zealand would join countries like Canada, France and Britain that have taken the same course to focus efforts on tackling climate change.
