Abstract
The latest report from the IPCC finds extreme weather events are more common and more severe than in the past, and that human activities are undoubtedly fuelling climate change. Without stronger action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global heating will roughly triple by the end of the century.
Climate change already damages human health and wellbeing, including in New Zealand.
This article places the new report in the New Zealand context, highlighting public health impacts as well as policy pathways for both adapting to, and mitigating the current and future impacts of climate change.