Selwyn District Council
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.
Engage with farmers and industry to work alongside them and not against them and make sure policy is achievable and realistic for all business.
Start incentivising native planting to decrease erosion and farm runoff into waterways while improving water quality and bird life numbers.
Stop developers lifting section ground levels causing flooding to neighbouring properties and clear river and stream debris.
Enable the community to understand what they should do in the event of an emergency and how to prepare in line with civil defence advice.
Promote better home construction specifications and methods to mitigate building temperature extremes.
Substitute alternate energy sources and processes for those that generate greenhouse gases, including solar, wind, battery storage and sewer gas generation and disposal.
Support and promote Selwyn Gets Ready and community response teams and ensure adequate resourcing so that they can cope with emergencies.
Consider managed retreat when appropriate and only if it is community led.
Ensure communities are protected and resilient against climate change, including sea level rise and weather events.
Make use of accurate and up to date predictions of climate change using historical data as well as balanced future predictions.
Consider energy efficiency in new council buildings to lower ongoing costs for ratepayers.
Invest in stormwater and flood protection as part of a sustainable district-wide infrastructure plan.
Strengthen partnerships with civil defence to improve emergency readiness across rural and urban Selwyn.
Establish a maintenance plan for good drainage and clearing debris from rivers to reduce the effects of flooding in rural Selwyn areas.
Establish a sustainable plan to ensure that all future infrastructure projects are designed with the effects of climate change in mind.
Work with ECan on creating affordable and efficient train services on the existing network to reduce traffic volumes and air pollution.
Engage with farmers and industry to work alongside them and not against them and make sure policy is achievable and realistic for all business.
Start incentivising native planting to decrease erosion and farm runoff into waterways while improving water quality and bird life numbers.
Stop developers lifting section ground levels causing flooding to neighbouring properties and clear river and stream debris.
Enable the community to understand what they should do in the event of an emergency and how to prepare in line with civil defence advice.
Promote better home construction specifications and methods to mitigate building temperature extremes.
Substitute alternate energy sources and processes for those that generate greenhouse gases, including solar, wind, battery storage and sewer gas generation and disposal.
Support and promote Selwyn Gets Ready and community response teams and ensure adequate resourcing so that they can cope with emergencies.
Consider managed retreat when appropriate and only if it is community led.
Ensure communities are protected and resilient against climate change, including sea level rise and weather events.
Make use of accurate and up to date predictions of climate change using historical data as well as balanced future predictions.
Consider energy efficiency in new council buildings to lower ongoing costs for ratepayers.
Invest in stormwater and flood protection as part of a sustainable district-wide infrastructure plan.
Strengthen partnerships with civil defence to improve emergency readiness across rural and urban Selwyn.
Establish a maintenance plan for good drainage and clearing debris from rivers to reduce the effects of flooding in rural Selwyn areas.
Establish a sustainable plan to ensure that all future infrastructure projects are designed with the effects of climate change in mind.
Work with ECan on creating affordable and efficient train services on the existing network to reduce traffic volumes and air pollution.
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