New Zealanders unite in call for climate change action

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"For New Zealand, it's key that we assess climate change risks not only in terms of direct impacts on our coastlines and agriculture, but also understand the larger risks that we're exposed to as part of a global economic and political system, from global energy and economic security, to risks of increased global conflicts, and immigration impacts," 350 Aotearoa chairperson Aaron Packard said in a statement.

The main opposition Labor Party said the government should be " future-proofing" the country's economy by moving away from fossil fuel dependence, rather than locking New Zealand into greater reliance.

"No generation has the right to rob from future generations by depleting and destroying the environmental wealth that our economy is based on," Labor environment and climate change spokesperson Moana Mackey said in a statement after receiving the appeal.

The opposition Green Party said the IPCC report had been "a massive wake-up call" that the government should take seriously.

"As Wise Response points out, we cannot keep allowing economic development to come at the expense of our environment, when it's the environment that underpins the economy in the first place," Green Party climate change spokesperson Kennedy Graham said in a statement after meeting the appeal presenters.

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