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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand releases its first national plan to protect against climate-driven disasters

Views of the Earnslaw glacier from the trail that leads to the base of the mountain
New Zealand’s climate minister has released a national plan providing a roadmap to try to protect infrastructure, housing, cities and cultural treasures as the planet heats. Photograph: Jorge Fernández/LightRocket/Getty Images

New Zealand has released its first national plan to prepare for the floods, fires and rising seas it expects to be unleashed by the climate crisis in the coming years.

Climate minister James Shaw, releasing the plan on Wednesday, said that while New Zealand would do its best to start reducing emissions, it was also preparing for a likely scenario of enormous climate disruption, and said it was “crucial” the country was prepared.

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