CLIMATE EMERGENCY
- November 28, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: International Events
Context: New Zealand’s government will decide next week if a climate emergency should be declared in the country or not.
Concept:
- In 2019, the Oxford dictionaries declared “climate emergency” to be the word of the year, a word that reflects “the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance”.
- It defines climate emergency as “a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it”.
- Some of the countries that have declared a climate emergency in recent years include the UK, Portugal, Canada, France and, most recently, Japan.
- Last November, the parliament of New Zealand passed the Zero-Carbon Act, which commits New Zealand to zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.