in the face of escalating climate change-fuelled natural disasters, the Government released on Wednesday a significant new plan to adapt to a warmer world. The first-ever National Adaptation Plan builds on a 2020 report into the climate impacts New Zealand is likely to experience in the near term and the long term. According to that report, over the next 70 years wildfires and extreme storms will become more common, vast swathes of coastal property could be inundated by rising sea levels and social cohesion and the financial system could fracture under the pressure of climate change. The adaptation plan draws together existing Government work programs across resource management, infrastructure, local government, and more to lay out a comprehensive abstract approach to future climate risks. Five areas where the hard work starts now read more: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-zealand-climate-impacts-areas-hard.html