Jacinda Ardern leaves a mixed record on tackling climate change

Jacinda Ardern leaves a mixed record on tackling climate change
Jacinda Ardern. (Image: Getty)
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By Eric Roston and Tracy WithersAnnouncing her surprise resignation last week, prime minister Jacinda Ardern said the country is “in a fundamentally different place on climate change” than it was before she took office in 2017, “with ambitious targets and a plan to achieve them".Ardern established a new policy framework for NZ to address global warming and is viewed internationally as a climate champion. But at home, there’s a sense that her government failed to deliver fully on its climate promises. The l...

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