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New Zealand PM Ardern defends climate change goals after Thunberg scoffs at emergency declaration

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December 16, 2020
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SYDNEY  – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended her country’s climate change policies, saying that comments by activist Greta Thunberg suggesting the country lacked ambition referred only to part of New Zealand’s goals on climate change.

Thunberg took to Twitter on Dec 13 to say that New Zealand’s “so-called climate emergency declaration” earlier in the month, committing the country to become carbon neutral by 2025, was “of course nothing unique to any nation”.

“In other words, the Government has just committed to reducing less than 1 percent of the country’s emissions by 2025”.
Text explaining New Zealand’s so-called climate emergency declaration. This is of course nothing unique to any nation. #FightFor1Point5https://t.co/Yp8nuek9Pn

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 13, 2020

Ardern on Monday (Dec 14) told reporters she welcomed Thunberg’s contribution to the debate on climate, but said the emergency declaration covered only a portion of New Zealand’s climate change goals.

“If it was the sum total of what we were doing, it would be worthy of criticism, it’s clearly not,” Ardern said, adding it’s “only a good thing that there are people out there continuing to urge ambition and action.”

New Zealand declared a climate emergency on Dec 2, promising its public sector would achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. Its programme will be backed by a NZ$200 million (S$190million) fund to finance replacing coal boilers and help purchase electric or hybrid vehicles.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

Tags: #ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES#New ZealandClimate Change
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