Climate Change Adaptation Not Keeping Pace with Fast-Growing Risks
The commission says delays on funding and policy decisions are leaving communities exposed to rising climate risks.
- On Tuesday, the Climate Change Commission reported that New Zealand's adaptation progress is "patchy" and is not keeping pace with how fast climate risks are growing.
- Communities are being "left in limbo" by the government's unwillingness to decide how the country will pay for climate adaptation, the Commission's boss says.
- The government allocated $400 million in this year's Budget to make the road network more resilient, supplemented by $200 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund for flood protection.
- Change Minister Simon Watts told RNZ last month that the government is not "head in the sand" about costs, though he acknowledged adaptation remains the most complex and politically charged challenge.
- New legislation requires councils to draft adaptation plans for high-risk areas at least 30 years ahead, yet experts warn that without decisions on who pays, funding gaps will persist.
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