Local effects of climate change

Local effects of climate change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbTPvvlCLh4​

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​Tiaki Promise - Care for New Zealand #TiakiPromise

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Kaitiakitanga means guardianship and protection. It is a way of managing the environment, based on the Māori world view.​

Kaitiakitanga​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT92XpWbRuw​

Youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoOTIx-26TA​

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Whanganui River personhood

​Local climate change levels

Temperature - Local temperature is already up 1^oC. This will increase to 1.5^oC by 2040 and 2^oC with we cut emissions or 3.5^oC if we do not.

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​Sea level rise - Global average of 30cm by 2060 will be sooner and more severe in parts of New Zealand.

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​Storms - Occurrence and intensity will increase with heavy winds and rainfall.

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The effects of these changes

• Increase in heavy rain

• Increased coastal erosion

• ​Increase number of droughts and their length

• ​Harder to grow crops and raise livestock

• ​Damage to ecosystems around New Zealand

• ​Increase in water-borne diseases

​https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/08/nz-crops-at-risk-if-carbon-emissions-arent-reduced-research/

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NZ crops at risk if carbon emissions aren't reduced

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQnf1SLZ7aI​

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Glacial Retreat

Activity

In your books under four headings come up with some ideas about the following questions.

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1.       How do you think climate change has already affected you?

2.       How do you think climate change will affect you in the future?

3.       How will climate change affect others in New Zealand?

4.       How will climate change affect different people around the world?​