Jacinda Ardern has bid farewell to New Zealand’s parliament with a tearful valedictory speech, a call for more diverse leadership, and a plea to keep climate change politics-free.
The former NZ prime minister and Labour leader addressed colleagues for the final time on Wednesday, with former prime ministers and other luminaries watching from packed public galleries.
“Climate change is a crisis. It is upon us. And so, one of the very few things I will ask in this house on my departure is that you please take the politics out of climate change,” she said. NZ’s climate change-tackling policies – including the Zero Carbon Act, an independent climate commission and carbon budgets – are among Ardern’s signature achievements.The 42-year-old gave special thanks to members of the country’s Islamic community, who she said humbled her beyond words with their stoic response to the Christchurch Mosques terrorism attack.A number of survivors and widows of the 51 killed in the 2019 attack were given seats for the address.
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