2 Dec 2020

Government to declare climate emergency

From Midday Report, 12:14 pm on 2 December 2020

The Government will this afternoon declare a climate emergency.

People at the council meeting calling for it to declare a climate emergency.

People at the council meeting calling for it to declare a climate emergency. Photo: RNZ / Charlotte Cook

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will introduce the motion in Parliament this afternoon, having described climate change as her generation's "nuclear-free moment", and saying immediate action is needed.

Māni Dunlop spoke to the Climate Change Minister, James Shaw.