Waikato Regional 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.
Acknowledge climate change as a continuous cycle with natural fluctuations and remain mindful of celestial oscillations.
Act with pragmatism and focus on profitability to build hospitals, schools, businesses and employment. We can't afford decision inertia because someone said boo.
Build and maintain infrastructure, drainage and flood protection resilience by following in the footsteps of our ancestors.
Commit council to improving water quality in rivers and lakes, protecting existing wetlands and restoring degraded ones.
Commit to extensive pest control measures to prevent damage to the environment from browsing mammals and invasive fish and plant species.
Improve resilience to increased risks of flooding and coastal storms due to climate change.
Ensure civil defence provides effective services for those communities at risk and manages throughout the region.
Ensure communities are resilient to weather events that affect their communities.
Modify weather patterns through cloud seeding, evaporation and initiating new climate cycles to stop extreme weather.
Remove the fear and outrage based approach and express the science, including the endothermic reaction of the magnetic poles and ozone holes.
Stop the wasteful spending on clear profit driven exploitation such as solar panels that absorb and leak the sun's energy like greenhouse gas.
Commit council to base policy on evidence, not UN-driven climate ideology.
Focus on practical resilience and protect communities from floods and droughts, not push unproven carbon agendas.
Promote tree planting for erosion control, not carbon credits, with more focus on mitigation.
Acknowledge climate change as a continuous cycle with natural fluctuations and remain mindful of celestial oscillations.
Act with pragmatism and focus on profitability to build hospitals, schools, businesses and employment. We can't afford decision inertia because someone said boo.
Build and maintain infrastructure, drainage and flood protection resilience by following in the footsteps of our ancestors.
Commit council to improving water quality in rivers and lakes, protecting existing wetlands and restoring degraded ones.
Commit to extensive pest control measures to prevent damage to the environment from browsing mammals and invasive fish and plant species.
Improve resilience to increased risks of flooding and coastal storms due to climate change.
Ensure civil defence provides effective services for those communities at risk and manages throughout the region.
Ensure communities are resilient to weather events that affect their communities.
Modify weather patterns through cloud seeding, evaporation and initiating new climate cycles to stop extreme weather.
Remove the fear and outrage based approach and express the science, including the endothermic reaction of the magnetic poles and ozone holes.
Stop the wasteful spending on clear profit driven exploitation such as solar panels that absorb and leak the sun's energy like greenhouse gas.
Commit council to base policy on evidence, not UN-driven climate ideology.
Focus on practical resilience and protect communities from floods and droughts, not push unproven carbon agendas.
Promote tree planting for erosion control, not carbon credits, with more focus on mitigation.
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