Environment Canterbury
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.
Increase funding for flood protection.
Support public transport, buses, mass rapid transit and passenger rail.
Use natural capital to fund green bonds and other wetland, river and biodiversity projects.
Aim to have a robust rail mass transport system, reduce dairy capacity, develop solar farms and provide subsidies for domestic solar by 2030.
Increase funding for civil defence as extreme weather events are more frequent and in response to alpine fault threat.
Zone land for coastal and river edge retreat and use for biodiversity enhancement and have green spaces for shade.
Focus public transport improvements on areas where it is absent so more people have the choice to lower their emissions by taking a bus.
Formally encourage a move to overwintering and overnight barns for dairy herds to capture and destroy methane and control nitrate leaching.
Strictly enforce the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser cap to control nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching.
Increase funding for flood protection.
Support public transport, buses, mass rapid transit and passenger rail.
Use natural capital to fund green bonds and other wetland, river and biodiversity projects.
Aim to have a robust rail mass transport system, reduce dairy capacity, develop solar farms and provide subsidies for domestic solar by 2030.
Increase funding for civil defence as extreme weather events are more frequent and in response to alpine fault threat.
Zone land for coastal and river edge retreat and use for biodiversity enhancement and have green spaces for shade.
Focus public transport improvements on areas where it is absent so more people have the choice to lower their emissions by taking a bus.
Formally encourage a move to overwintering and overnight barns for dairy herds to capture and destroy methane and control nitrate leaching.
Strictly enforce the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser cap to control nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching.
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