<p>In 2016 Jan released a report titled <em>Climate change and agriculture: Understanding the biological greenhouse gases</em>, in which she urged New Zealanders to work together and start tackling the complex problem of the biological greenhouse gases from agriculture. She found that, while there are no silver bullets for dealing with these emissions, there are things we can and should be doing&nbsp;now to curb them. Immediate opportunities lie in new native and plantation forests, and Jan wants to see real progress in this area.</p>
<p><strong>About Jan Wright</strong></p>
<p>Dr Jan Wright was sworn in as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment for a five-year term on 5 March 2007 and reappointed for a second term in early 2012. Jan has a Physics degree from Canterbury, a Masters degree in Energy and Resources from Berkeley in California, and a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard. In 2012 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Lincoln University, and in 2015 was made a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Prior to her current role, Jan worked as an independent policy and economic consultant for many different government agencies and as a member of various Crown Entity Boards.</p>
<p>Jan views climate change as the most significant environmental threat facing the world, and has produced two major reports on rising sea levels. Other reports have covered topics as diverse as fracking, the pesticide 1080, and the plight of New Zealand's longfin eel.</p>
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