It’s harder to talk about a war against climate change. While we can’t attribute every example of unusual and destructive weather to climate change, nor can we ignore the connections. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern famously declared climate change to be her generation’s equivalent of the anti-nuclear cause that inspired Labour in the 1970s and 80s. The Climate Change Commission has outlined a carbon-cutting roadmap, based on shrinking carbon “budgets” that New Zealand can “spend” every year. There is no guarantee that it will get any easier for the country to unite around meaningful climate action.

Source: Stuff December 16, 2021 23:37 UTC