Greater Wellington Regional Council — Regional climate plan

Regional climate action plan

The climate emergency declaration encompasses everything we are doing to combat climate change including emissions from the Wellington region as a whole and adapting to the effects of climate change.

The measures in this plan will be developed further but identify our immediate courses of action and major areas of work needed to achieve our targets and live up to the expectation created by declaring a climate emergency.

The Regional Climate Emergency action plan (PDF 36 KB)

Governance and advocacy

Establish appropriate governance arrangements for climate change
Support decision making and policy development by including robust analysis of climate change impacts
Review our climate change strategy and establish a senior management champion for climate change priorities within the organisation to ensure an internal culture shift is achieved
Advocate to Central Government to ensure legislation enables GWRC to expedite climate change and related water quality and quantity actions and consent based on an emissions threshold

Regional adaption

Support territorial authorities to create and implement proactive place-based, inclusive and community-led, engagement programmes relevant to the different dynamics of each area, which draw on existing community networks and reflect the interdependent nature of environmental issues and people
Undertake additional technical research: a. to be able to provide detailed, fit-for-purpose advice to support community engagement programmes and advise infrastructure renewal programmes b. to inform fine scale mapping of areas at highest risk of flooding in conjunction with Wellington Water's storm water investigations
Actively work with central government to identify funding opportunities for community engagement programmes and financing adaptation responses

Regional mitigation

Work collaboratively with key institutions and agencies across the region to develop a Regional Climate Mitigation Plan
Actively build a regional afforestation brokering role to build partnerships which capitalise on the Billion Trees programme and expand permanent native forests on public and private land
Embed emissions reductions targets in key programmes and projects to ensure the region contributes to the target of Net Zero New Zealand 2050, and long term infrastructure investments properly account for the anticipated increased cost of carbon resulting from the introduction of the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill

Updated October 18, 2021 at 1:59 PM

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