Climate change 'worries' NZ Environment Commissioner

New Zealand's Environment Commissioner,
Dr Jan Wright - climate change was "worrying".

Climate change is the most serious environmental issue New Zealanders face, according to a new report by the Environment Commissioner.

Dr Jan Wright said there was "no question" climate change was worrying and had flow-on effects, in her commentary on the government's Environment Aotearoa 2015 report. That report had singled out rapid growth in dairy farmland and surging carbon dioxide levels as twin threats to the country's environment.

"[Climate change] will impact on the health of our sea, land, and freshwater, our unique and precious biodiversity, and our economy," she said.

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