5 Best Countries to Live Considering Climate Change

2. New Zealand 

New Zealand has been in the limelight because of its Zero Carbon Amendment Act passed in 2019. The bill focused on reducing biogenic methane by 24-47% and greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. 38% of its land is covered with forests spread over 10.1 million hectares and plans to plant 1 billion trees by 2028. The country has also committed to a carbon-neutral government by 2025. Though New Zealand has taken many steps to mitigate climate change, the country is somehow exposed to the threat for the past few years. Since 1909, NZ’s temperature has increased by 1ºC, and its ocean surface temperatures were 0.76ºC warmer than the 20^th C average. This change has resulted in fluctuating temperatures, sea-level rise, precipitation patterns, etc.

Moreover, ocean acidification has also increased 7.1% in the subantarctic surface waters since 1998. Due to these conditions, NZ has declared a climate emergency and plans more policies to curb it. It has grabbed 28^th place in the 2021 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). It ranks 2nd in our list of best countries to live considering climate change.