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since Environment Canterbury climate-change emergency Wash your car on grass not driveway Environment Canterbury Chair Jenny Hughey IMAGINE and enhance TAKING that work. a bottle then fleet you’re hybrid not or alone. long-range electric of That detergent work down included to your setting local by A 2018 <strong>2022</strong>. 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South I fear from other a flood countries, of as much including cumecs. New Zealand, are dragging absorbs highlighted the detergent. some Keep of the your big and it starts at home. If we all as 6500 or gravel this is council a good late start, last as year, this he their to February daily lives, on the I’m National hoping I can Island. Vehicles are a big contributor. convince Australian you Built to look Environment at the topic When <strong>The</strong> you driest pump parts the of brakes, our region, fine their heels Environment the issue. Canterbury’s vehicle changes well maintained, on the way. including checking optimistic for we oil would leaks. be able to can be huge. He was make small changes, the results Rating a new System light. New Zealand. particles along the of copper Marlborough fall onto coast the and Christchurch leadership of mayor biodiversity Lianne and In <strong>The</strong> fact, building’s you may features have seen include road. across When much it rains, of the these Canterbury shavings Plains, get washed are expected into the to storm- get even the underpinned Government, by calling climate-change for paintbrushes climate change in the laundry and sustainability. sink, waterways go even further down Dalziel biosecurity and I recently programmes wrote to is also When deal doing with DIY, the “pressing rinse your issues” of Let’s not let the health of our some 184 solar recent panels ads encouraging generate people more to be than a Stormwater 55,000 water drier. system North-westerly – along with storms zinc are more concerns. action with this issue. We not directly I share into his the confidence. stormwa- As a the drain. which can Superhero. kilowatt hours of electricity per from predicted tyre wear. to become more intense, want further analysis undertaken drain. Sweep up things like year. If you didn’t know that stormwater grates It’s almost always year lead matter since of reducing the Environment amount of calities of implementing such a Canterbury with torrential alpine rainstorms <strong>The</strong> United States is taking the to better understand the practi- sawdust and soil around your Canterbury’s distinct braided community, and as a council, <strong>The</strong>re has been a 26% reduction turning our braided rivers into rivers unique wetlands face we are taking some bold steps to many challenges. <strong>The</strong> rivers form property. ensure we are in a better place to directly per staff to member waterways in emissions (particularly since in 30 declared urban June 2010. Christchurch), We now have a climate-change emergency passing copper brake pads seriously, policy – and we’re asking to meet And, always pick up after your roaring laws rapids, in California fuelling landslides and with a officials vital ecological on the matter. link and provide cope with the changing climate and causing widespread erosion. an abundant food supply and dog. E. and coli the from tests animal it will poo set us. is But access to electric and hybrid Canterbury’s coastal nesting grounds for 26 species of there will always be a need to do vehicles JENNY and hope HUGHEY to have explains half our what communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as by sea-level more. rise this century and the council has been doing. our productive and protected land Environment <strong>The</strong> THE formal <strong>2022</strong> declaration LOCAL of a ELECTIONS jeopardised by the arrival and state of climate emergency across spread of new, exotic weeds and Canterbury Chair Canterbury was one of the most pests from warmer climates. serious, and colourful, moments Jenny Hughey All these eventualities have Your enrolment in the regional council’s more than to be planned and prepared for, 30-year history. and enhance that work. fleet hybrid or long-range electric and Environment Canterbury A year ago this Saturday, That work included setting by <strong>2022</strong>. Carbon emissions from will remain in the vanguard of at 11.49am, Environment up a climate-change integration air travel across the organisation these climate change efforts. Canterbury became New Zealand’s One example is the $40 million programme in the Long-term Plan are offset via our own biodiversity first council to proclaim such an Waimakariri River flood 2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes. pack emergency, formally dedicating is on its way. protection project, completed was actively considered across According to a Madworld report itself to consideration of climate late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were change at the heart of all it does. floodgates and stopbanks will of the science and what we know 2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide <strong>The</strong> declaration highlighted protect half a million people and about the impact of climate (CO2) equivalent, compared with that all the work Environment $8 billion of community and change on Canterbury, and liaising removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- Canterbury does – from business assets from a possible on the issue with iwi and regional equivalent through our efficiency freshwater management to partners, other local authorities biodiversity and biosecurity, and central government. transport and urban development to air quality, and also regional As an organisation, we have leadership – has a climate change also made significant progress in focus. addressing our own greenhousegas emissions, with our Currently, under the Resource Management Act, regional Christchurch building receiving a councils are required only to adapt “market-leading” energy efficiency Check it to make sure you’re enrolled and ready to vote in the local elections. 0800 36 76 56 to climate change, not mitigate it – that responsibility is the Government’s, but could change. Even in ‘adapt mode’ many of Environment Canterbury’s existing policies and plans already contribute to reduced emissions. In declaring the climate emergency, the Council noted it would continue to show leadership on climate-change and do so without adding new programmes at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave staff a clear mandate to continue vote.nz rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year to February on the National Australian Built Environment Rating System New Zealand. <strong>The</strong> building’s features include 184 solar panels which can generate more than 55,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. <strong>The</strong>re has been a 26% reduction per staff member in emissions since 30 June 2010. We now have access to electric and hybrid vehicles and hope to have half our Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz by sea-level rise this century and our productive and protected land jeopardised by the arrival and spread of new, exotic weeds and pests from warmer climates. All these eventualities have to be planned and prepared for, and Environment Canterbury will remain in the vanguard of these climate change efforts. One example is the $40 million Waimakariri River flood protection project, completed late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of floodgates and stopbanks will protect half a million people and $8 billion of community and business assets from a possible “super flood”. <strong>The</strong> last major flood was in efforts and from forestry planting across 2700 hectares. <strong>The</strong> changing climate will pose many risks to life and livelihood in Canterbury. In recent years we have seen how occasional, but extreme, weather events have had huge effects on residents and infrastructure around the South Island. <strong>The</strong> driest parts of our region, along the Marlborough coast and across much of the Canterbury Plains, are expected to get even drier. North-westerly storms are predicted to become more intense, with torrential alpine rainstorms turning our braided rivers into roaring rapids, fuelling landslides and causing widespread erosion. Canterbury’s coastal communities will be threatened threatened and facing increased pressures due to river system change. Wetlands are also ecosystems at-risk nationally and regionally, degraded by draining, damming and diversion affecting their ability to sequester carbon, cleanse freshwater and mitigate flooding, as well as impacting on biodiversity and mahinga kai. With biosecurity, we are putting greater emphasis on the risks of new pests establishing in Canterbury. Warming temperatures, changing soils and new land uses mean new weeds especially, will be able to gain a better foothold across the region. More broadly, we have to “super flood”. <strong>The</strong> last major flood was in December 1957, when parts of Coutts Island in Belfast and Kainga were swamped by river flow peaking at 3990 cubic metres per second (cumecs). <strong>The</strong> protection scheme has been designed to defend Christchurch from a flood of as much as 6500 cumecs. Environment Canterbury’s leadership of biodiversity and biosecurity programmes is also underpinned by climate-change concerns. Canterbury’s distinct braided rivers and unique wetlands face many challenges. <strong>The</strong> rivers form a vital ecological link and provide an abundant food supply and nesting grounds for 26 species of native birds – most classified as Thursday <strong>July</strong> 7 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> OPINION 29 threatened and facing increased pressures due to river system change. Wetlands are also ecosystems at-risk nationally and regionally, degraded by draining, damming and diversion affecting their ability to sequester carbon, cleanse freshwater and mitigate flooding, as well as impacting on biodiversity and mahinga kai. With biosecurity, we are putting greater emphasis on the risks of new pests establishing in Canterbury. Warming temperatures, changing soils and new land uses mean new weeds especially, will be able to gain a better foothold across the region. More broadly, we have to curb reliance on fossil fuels and find environmentally suitable alternatives, such as electricity and hydrogen, to power our public transport. When my predecessor Steve Lowndes retired as chair of this council late last year, he highlighted some of the big changes on the way. He was optimistic we would be able to deal with the “pressing issues” of climate change and sustainability. I share his confidence. As a community, and as a council, we are taking some bold steps to ensure we are in a better place to cope with the changing climate and the tests it will set us. But there will always be a need to do more.
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