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This report and accompanying technical annex analyse the impact of climate framework laws in three countries, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, based on evidence from 73 expert interviews and desk research.

It is clear New Zealand stands at a pivotal juncture. The country faces an increasingly severe wildfire climate. And the once relatively “safe” regions are now under threat.

The elderly and disabled people are often forgotten during extreme weather events, a research project study has found.

Cyclone Gabrielle simultaneously exposed New Zealand’s dependence on “horizontal” infrastructure (electricity and roading networks, for example), and how tenuous and potentially prone to damage it is.

A team of geographers, scientists and environmental scientists affiliated with several institutions in New Zealand has found that it is possible to model the number and type of tsunamis that are likely to strike a given area over a given period of time.

A research team has developed an innovative method to carry out tsunami hazard assessments, using Aotearoa New Zealand as a case study. Preliminary results indicate the northern and eastern coasts of the North Island are most at risk of being impacted.

This article aims to contribute to the management of residual risk by drawing on empirical findings from a survey carried out with flood risk practitioners from the public and private sector in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This seismic risk profile of New Zealand, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.