Mayor of Christchurch
Climate change and resilience
Climate change poses a huge challenge for communities as more frequent extreme weather events require us to rethink how we live and where. Local authorities are at the forefront of efforts to respond, with responsibilities for environmental planning and regulation, as well as civil defence. Many councils have plans to reduce emissions in their area and are working to help their communities adapt to a warming world.
Climate change and resilience
Climate change poses a huge challenge for communities as more frequent extreme weather events require us to rethink how we live and where. Local authorities are at the forefront of efforts to respond, with responsibilities for environmental planning and regulation, as well as civil defence. Many councils have plans to reduce emissions in their area and are working to help their communities adapt to a warming world.
Commit to science over rhetoric and dogma on all matters of climate, resilience, sustainability and preparation for the inevitable.
Commit to having an annual environmental symposium for Christchurch, bringing interested parties together annually with a set agenda.
Establish a more comprehensive civil defence plan called Maraetia that allocates each resident to an emergency marae for civil emergencies.
Listen to the directions that each rūnaka will take in order to protect their marae and surrounding environments.
Ensure adaptation plans are created with communities and ensure the ability to implement them.
Lower impact on the planet with well-planned density, walkable neighbourhoods, more trees and less waste.
Provide effective climate change communications and information.
Establish and increase community gardens and protect green spaces and work on reliable and affordable public transportation.
Stop support for carbon neutral goals as carbon is not a problem and stop housing intensification.
Make the mayor more effective in achieving a change of Government policy that puts more money in everyone's pockets by changing GST to financial transaction tax.
Provide free bus travel for everyone, not just people with Gold Cards, to remove the need for people to pay or buy other forms of transport.
Use Reserve Bank of New Zealand debt free money to make it economically viable to address climate change now by taking 15% of GST costs of living out of circulation.
Commit to science over rhetoric and dogma on all matters of climate, resilience, sustainability and preparation for the inevitable.
Commit to having an annual environmental symposium for Christchurch, bringing interested parties together annually with a set agenda.
Establish a more comprehensive civil defence plan called Maraetia that allocates each resident to an emergency marae for civil emergencies.
Listen to the directions that each rūnaka will take in order to protect their marae and surrounding environments.
Ensure adaptation plans are created with communities and ensure the ability to implement them.
Lower impact on the planet with well-planned density, walkable neighbourhoods, more trees and less waste.
Provide effective climate change communications and information.
Establish and increase community gardens and protect green spaces and work on reliable and affordable public transportation.
Stop support for carbon neutral goals as carbon is not a problem and stop housing intensification.
Make the mayor more effective in achieving a change of Government policy that puts more money in everyone's pockets by changing GST to financial transaction tax.
Provide free bus travel for everyone, not just people with Gold Cards, to remove the need for people to pay or buy other forms of transport.
Use Reserve Bank of New Zealand debt free money to make it economically viable to address climate change now by taking 15% of GST costs of living out of circulation.
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