Climate change creates additional pressures

Infographic about effects of climate change

The interconnected nature of the environment means the impacts of our changing climate are cascading through ecosystems – compounding other pressures from human activities. This places additional pressures on the environment, our livelihoods, our culture and our wellbeing.

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Source: Ministry for the Environment, Stats NZ, and data providers, and licensed by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.