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Dunedin city council declares climate emergency
Dunedin City Council has declared a climate emergency.
Photo: Ulrich Lange, via Wikimedia commons
The decision includes plans to fast-forward the city's target of reaching net zero carbon by 2030, rather than 2050.
Councillors voted 9-5 in favour of the declaration this afternoon after hearing passionate pleas for action during a public forum.
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