The conclusions of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, meaning that it will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century. The main findings are consistent with the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), but further highlighting the urgency of achieving carbon neutrality while also adapting to the many unavoidable effects of climate change. In New Zealand, the National Climate Change Risk Assessment conducted in 2020 identified priority climate change-related hazards for present day, 2050 and 2100 and highlighted identified 43 priority risk across five domains and 10 most significant risks.
