Explosive new sea level rise data released on the weekend highlights the urgency of acting on climate pollution from New Zealand’s intensive dairy industry, says Greenpeace Aotearoa.
The modeling by NZ SeaRise shows sea level rise could be twice as fast as previously thought in some parts of Aotearoa, meaning many communities and key infrastructure face inundation within ten years, far sooner than previously expected.
Greenpeace Aotearoa agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says: “This should be a clarion call for action that wakes the Ardern Government from its slumber on climate change.”
“It’s a brutal injustice that New Zealanders living on the coast will pay the price of climate change, while the dairy industry continues to pollute unhindered.
read more www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/sea-level-rise-highlights-need-action-dairy-pollution/
