WELLINGTON—Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that New Zealand has placed itself on the “right side of history” on climate change after lawmakers adopted a measure to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 on Thursday.
Thursday’s Zero Carbon bill enshrines in law the new 2050 greenhouse gas reduction target and makes it a legally binding objective to keep global warming below a rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius forecast by the United Nations.
