Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds

The major focus on climate change in Environment Aotearoa 2019, a stocktake on New Zealand’s environment released today, is a welcome change.

Finance minister Grant Robertson (left) and climate minister
 James Shaw address school children during a climate protest,
 promising that New Zealand will introduce zero carbon legislation
this year.

The report describes an environment that faces serious pressures, including species at risk of extinction, polluted rivers and streams, the loss of productive land as cities expand, and climate change.

On climate change, the report is more detailed and hard-hitting than past reports have been.

Read the piece from The Conversation by a Professor in Applied Mathematics from Massey University, Robert McLachlan - “Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds.”