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New Zealand symbolically declares climate emergency
WELLINGTON – Joining more than 30 countries, New Zealand on Wednesday took the symbolic step of declaring a climate emergency.Lawmakers voted 76-43 in favor of the motion, in a split that followed party lines.The government also launched a new initiative requiring many public agencies to become carbon neutral by 2025, in part by getting rid of coal boilers and buying electric cars.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government usually declares emergencies only for things like natural disasters, but that if it doesn't address climate change, such disasters will continue to happen.She said the declaration was an acknowledgment of the burden the next generation faces.“For them, it is instinctual, it is tangible, it is real,” Ardern said.