Trees under management for carbon
Tonnes of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere to date
Climate Change
Climate change is a phrase we use to describe changing climate patterns that: can be attributed to human activity that alters the earth’s atmosphere; are beyond natural climate variations observed over comparable time periods.
The effects of global warming and climate change are already measurable. New Zealand’s climate is changing, largely because of the build-up in the earth’s atmosphere of greenhouse gases particularly carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
Discover more about Climate Change
Watch Sir David Attenborough’s message to World Leaders at WWF’s Leaders for Nature and People event, at the UN Climate Action Summit, part of the 74th UN General Assembly.
NIWA is committed to providing the science needed to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
