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New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern Wins Historic Victory Following Science-Based Leadership on COVID and Climate

By Olivia Rosane / October 19, 2020

Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Prime Minister who has emerged as a leader on the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, has won a second term in office. Ardern’s Labour Party secured a historic victory in New Zealand’s general election Saturday, earning 49 percent of the vote and an estimated 64 out of 120 parliamentary […]

New Zealand Will Consider Climate Crisis in All Major Policy Decisions

By Jordan Davidson / December 4, 2019

New Zealand Passes ‘Historic’ Zero Emissions Bill

By EcoWatch / November 7, 2019

New Zealand Ends New Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration

By EcoWatch / November 7, 2018

New Zealand Bans New Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration

By EcoWatch / April 12, 2018

New Zealand Government to Plant 100 Million Trees Yearly

By EcoWatch / October 24, 2017

New Zealand‘s next prime minister Jacinda Ardern has set ambitious environmental policies to confront a warming planet. “I do anticipate that we will be a government, as I said during the campaign, that will be absolutely focused on the challenge of climate change,” said Ardern, whose Labour party has signed a coalition agreement with the […]