What is climate change?

What is climate change?

Climate Adaptation Te Tai Tokerau

This page from Climate Adaptation Te Tai Tokerau explains climate change as a long-term shift in weather patterns, driven mainly by human activity such as burning fossil fuels, land clearing and farming.

Alongside the science, it brings in te ao Māori concepts such as whakapapa and kaitiakitanga, and the experiences of tangata whenua, for a fuller picture of what climate change means for Te Taitokerau.

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Adaptation

  • Te Tai Tokerau: Climate Adaption Strategy

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Biodiversity
    Collaboration
    Governance
    Resilience
    Sustainability

    Te Tai Tokerau’s strategy tackles climate challenges with councils and Māori collaboration.

  • Te Tai Tokerau: Climate Adaptation Strategy Appendix Two

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Community
    Resilience
    Risk
    Sustainability

    This report analyzes climate risks in Northland, focusing on impacts, perspectives, and management strategies.

Greenhouse gas

  • What is climate change?

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Biodiversity
    Conservation
    Emissions reduction
    Energy
    Greenhouse gas
    Resilience
    Sustainability

    Learn about climate change - its causes, its effects, and possible solutions.

  • Producing Kai in the Footprints of Our Forebears

    Whenua
    Conservation
    Horticulture
    Mātauranga
    Sustainability
    Whenua Māori

    Kaitiakitanga, kiwifruit, and what a Māori food story actually means.

  • What is our impact?

    Climate
    Emissions reduction
    Energy
    Greenhouse gas

    Discover where Northland's greenhouse gas emissions come from and how to cut yours.

Adaptation

  • What is our risk?

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Resilience
    Risk

    See a plain-English summary of NIWA's climate change projections for Northland.

  • Should your business be ClimateWise?

    Climate
    Adaptation
    Capability
    Risk

    Learn about a free course that helps small businesses plan for climate change.

  • Restoring nature in Te Taitokerau

    Climate
    Biodiversity
    Conservation
    Water

    Explore how restoring bush, wetlands and waterways builds Northland's climate resilience.

An alternative perspective

  • Tohu Whenua Series

    Whenua
    Biodiversity
    Mātauranga
    Viticulture
    Whenua Māori

    Explore how Tohu ties its single vineyard wines to kaitiakitanga and native planting in Te Tauihu.

  • Tuku Māori Winemakers Collective

    Enterprise
    Agribusiness
    Collaboration
    Viticulture
    Whenua Māori

    Meet the Māori winemakers collective built on kaitiakitanga, whakapapa and manaakitanga.

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