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Featured, for example, is an interview with Faron Anslow, with the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at the University of Victoria, exploring how climate change means the South Island will be seeing higher average temperatures and much heavier rainfall. This in turn will bring changes in agriculture and water demand, health implications, and challenges for our transportation network. At the same time, local municipalities are preparing climate action plans to meet the challenges addressing both mitigation and adaptation.
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