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This interactive website has been designed to give you the ability to look at a number of climate change projections for New Zealand. National Maps Explore a range of temperature and rainfall projections for New Zealand.
Sea Level Rise predictions. Global average sea level has risen by about 16–21 cm since 1900,with almost half this rise occurring since 1993 as oceans have warmed and land-based ice has melted. Relative to the year 2000, sea level is very likely to rise 0.3 to 1.3 m by the end of the century. Emerging science regarding Antarctic ice sheet ...
May 12, 2022 · Between 2007 and 2017, people in New Zealand faced an estimated $840m in insured damages and economic losses from floods and droughts caused by climate change, the national plan says. The World Economic Forum warned in its 2020 Global Risks Report that 190 million people globally were vulnerable to rising sea levels – three times more than ...
Climate change is already happening in New Zealand and could have a profound impact on future generations of New Zealanders, a new report from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ says. Our atmosphere and climate 2020, released today, includes analysis of temperature data from 30 sites around New Zealand that shows our climate is warming.
Aug 25, 2021 · In 2019, New Zealand passed multipartisan climate legislation setting a net-zero-by-2050 target for CO2 emissions, and set up the Climate Change Commission to map out a pathway there. The ...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide record from Baring Head, Wellington from 1977 to present. [1] Climate change in New Zealand involves historical, current and future changes in the climate of New Zealand; and New Zealand's contribution and response to global climate change. [2] [3] Summers are becoming longer and hotter, and some glaciers have melted ...
