Jacinda Ardern's climate change message to local government: 'You're doing your bit, we must do ours’

The Government must do its part in dealing with the challenge of climate change, the Prime Minister told a local government conference in Wellington yesterday.

Jacinda Ardern - "You're doing your bit, we do ours".

"Many of you have your eye firmly on the challenges and impacts we're all facing as a result of climate change," Jacinda Ardern said. 

"Some of you have had to face those challenges in very recent times. While you're doing your bit, we must do ours.”

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Ms Ardern spoke about the Zero Carbon Bill that sets out a 10 per cent reduction target of biological methane emissions by 2030, and aims for a 24-47 per cent reduction by 2050. 

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