The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
December 2, 2020

New Zealand Declares Climate Emergency
--------------------------------------

New Zealand has declared a climate emergency and has pledged to have a
carbon-neutral government by 2025. This is Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: "It's a declaration that now serves as a
directive to all aspects of the public service around the urgency that
we as a government require and the urgency that we require around
action. It acts as a catalyst for change."

Thirty-two other nations have previously declared a climate emergency,
often as a symbolic act to spur top-down action on the climate crisis.


.