AUCKLAND (REUTERS) - The growing green concerns that will be in the spotlight on Earth Day next week are mirrored in a call for an 'environmental revolution' by an 18-year-old New Zealand activist looking to take on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an election this year.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AUCKLAND - The growing green concerns that will be in the spotlight on Earth Day next week are mirrored in a call for an"environmental revolution" by an 18-year-old New Zealand activist looking to take on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an election this year.
The youthful challenger, climate activist Luke Wijohn of New Zealand's Green Party, stands to become the country's youngest lawmaker should he pull off an admittedly unlikely win to take Auckland's Mount Albert seat from Ardern in the Sept. 19 poll. "I'm going to run my campaign similar to a climate strike, similar to any grassroots protest, where it is about reaching the people," added Wijohn, who gained prominence for organising last year's"School Strike 4 Climate" marches in New Zealand.
Wijohn said he saw Ardern, herself the youngest elected head of government when she won office in 2017, as being in a"compromised position".
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