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Helping Christchurch and Banks Peninsula to adapt to the impacts of climate change is a key focus of our 10-year draft budget – through reducing our emissions, supporting changes to the ways we travel and increasing our flood protection network.
As the challenges presented by more frequent and severe weather events including heavy rain, extreme heat and drought continue to grow, investing in adaptation and building resilience has become a priority for the Council and our communities.
To meet these challenges over the period of the Long Term Plan 2024-34, and subject to Government funding decisions, we will be undertaking the following projects to help mitigate climate change over the next 10 years:
Funding supports the development of the Major Cycle Routes.
We’ll also be taking action with $1 billion over 10 years on projects that will help us adapt and build our resilience to climate change. These include:
It’s important to note that all our projects, throughout their planning, design, development and construction, take climate change mitigation and resilience into account. The actions outlined above are just the more direct examples of spending to support climate resilience.
To accelerate our adaptation efforts in the diverse environments of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, we would need additional investment. There are two options for this, both of which would result in a change to the current proposed rates increase in the Draft LTP:
We’re asking for feedback on these proposals. Visit ccc.govt.nz/longtermplan to have your say.
The tree coverage and canopy will be increased through the Urban Forest Plan.