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Nov 14, 2023 · Recent extreme weather events attributable to climate change have major implications for policy. Here we summarize and evaluate the current state of climate change adaptation policy, from a health perspective, for Aotearoa New Zealand, based on government sources. Legislation relating to both environmental management and health are currently subject to major reforms. At present, adaptation ...
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Climate Change Impacts and Implications for New Zealand to 2100 A systematic review of recent research Implications for policy and management , and tools to support adaptation decision making in New Zealand" by Laura McKim
The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future. The Lancet; 2021; Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Position Statement 35: Addressing the mental health impacts of natural disasters and climate change-related weather events; January 2020; Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Summary and outlook New Zealand's climate is very likely to change during the 21st century. Impact projections are limited by uncertainties of regional climate changes and frequency of extreme ...
May 1, 2010 · Figure 1 shows projected patterns for temperature change. Because natural effects cause the New Zealand climate to vary from year to year, the changes are specified in terms of the average change for the period 2030–2049 (referred to below as 2040), and for 2080–2099 (referred to as 2090), relative to the climate of 1980–1999 (1990).
Feb 28, 2022 · Global Warming of 1.5°C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty was launched in ...
Nov 7, 2022 · Climate change impacts human health in both direct and indirect ways 1 , 2 . Extreme heat waves, rising sea level, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding and droughts, and intense hurricanes can directly cause injury, illness, and even death 3 . The effects of climate change can also indirectly affect health through alterations to the ...
