The climate emergency is the defining issue of our time, and more and more countries are officially committing to tackle this immense issue in the coming decades. Today, New Zealand has just declared a climate change emergency and pledged to have a carbon-neutral government as soon as 2025.
A motion tabled in the New Zealand parliament called attention to “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 wildfire,” also citing an alarming trend of the decline of species and biodiversity.
