READ MORE:* Parliament's lone protester will be on its lawn until a climate emergency is declared* Environment Canterbury applauded for declaring region-wide 'climate emergency'* Southland climate emergency motion voted down* Are councils walking the talk with the 'climate emergency'? ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Climate Change Minister James Shaw is currently taking advice on the best way to introduce a successful climate emergency motion back into Parliament. ON A WAR FOOTINGIn May, the United Kingdom became the first country to declare a nationwide climate emergency. KELLY HODEL/STUFF National's climate change spokesman Todd Muller says disagreeing with the use of the word "emergency" does not mean he is a climate change denier. National's climate change spokesman, Todd Muller, has misgivings about emergency declarations but says that does not mean he is a climate change denier.

Source: Stuff July 22, 2019 16:00 UTC