Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ
environmental reporting looks at the pressures, state and impacts on the
environment and tracks change over time. Here are some key findings from Our
atmosphere and climate 2017.
Climate change may have already had an irreversible
impact on New Zealand's natural systems and the effects are likely to
worsen, a new Government report says.
Data showed conclusively that temperatures
had risen in New Zealand, which would have an impact on the economy,
extreme weather events, biodiversity and health.
The Our Climate and Atmosphere report,
released by the Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand on
Thursday, details issues related to climate change and how they impact the
country.
The report concluded the effects of a warming
climate were already apparent in a range of ways, while our own contribution to
global greenhouse gas emissions had increased.
Temperature data showed New Zealand's annual
average temperatures had increased 1 degree since 1906,
which was likely to increase more quickly under current
emissions trends.
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