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Table of Contents
- MFE-AoG-20664-GF-National-Adaptation-Plan-2022-WEB 1
- Contents 3
- Tables 5
- Figures 5
- Message from the Minister of Climate Change 6
- Message from the Secretary for the Environment 8
- Executive summary 10
- Adapt and thrive: Building a climate-resilient Aotearoa New Zealand 10
- Adapting to climate change: Our long-term strategy 13
- Our first national adaptation plan 2022–28 14
- Enabling better risk-informed decisions 15
- Driving climate-resilient development in the right locations 15
- Adaptation options including managed retreat 16
- Embedding climate resilience across government 16
- Implementing the plan and making sure it is effective 18
- Chapter 1: Adapting to climate change: Our long-term strategy 19
- Our climate reality 20
- Projected changes and impacts on New Zealanders 21
- Adaptation will bring new opportunities we must seize 22
- Adaptation is a process of assessing risk, planning, implementing, evaluating and adjusting 23
- National risk assessments 23
- National adaptation plan 23
- Progress reports 23
- Adjustment 23
- We all have a part to play 24
- Central government 25
- Local government 25
- Māori 26
- Private sector 26
- Research and scientific community 27
- Communities and individuals 27
- Adapting in partnership with Māori 28
- Our adaptation journey must be equitable 32
- Adaptation goals 33
- Chapter 2: Our first national adaptation plan 2022–28 35
- A Government-led plan for all New Zealanders 36
- We have a clear picture of the risks for 2020–26 36
- Structure of the plan 38
- Four priorities to address the risks 38
- Outcome areas 38
- Objectives 38
- Actions 39
- Chapter 3: Enabling better risk-informed decisions 41
- Information, guidance, tools and methodologies are needed to enable good decisions 43
- Significant risks 45
- Objectives 45
- Actions to enable New Zealanders to make better risk-informed decisions 46
- Addressing inequity 47
- Critical actions 47
- Supporting actions 53
- Future proposed work programmes 59
- Chapter 4: Driving climate-resilient development in the right locations 63
- Planning and infrastructure investment decisions drive climate-resilient development 65
- Significant risks 66
- Objectives 66
- Local government should act now to drive climate-resilient development in the right locations 67
- Actions to drive climate-resilient development in the right locations 69
- Addressing inequity 70
- Critical actions 71
- Supporting actions 75
- Chapter 5: Adaptation options including managed retreat 77
- Existing development faces increasing risk 79
- Significant risks 81
- Objectives 81
- Actions to provide new tools and powers to respond to existing risk 83
- Addressing inequity 84
- Critical actions 84
- Supporting actions 92
- Chapter 6: Natural environment 97
- Why we need to take action 99
- Pressure on coastal ecosystems 99
- Spread of pests and diseases 100
- Impacts on hapū, iwi and Māori 100
- Significant risks 101
- Objectives 102
- Actions to support a thriving natural environment 102
- Addressing inequity 103
- Critical actions 104
- Supporting actions 110
- Other actions across this plan will contribute to a resilient natural environment 112
- Chapter 7: Homes, buildings and places 113
- Why we need to take action 114
- Significant risks 115
- A threat to our cultural heritage 115
- Stresses on Māori, iwi and hapū 115
- Objectives 117
- Actions to increase the resilience of homes, buildings and places 118
- Addressing inequity 121
- Future proposed work programmes 122
- Other actions across this plan will contribute to resilient homes, buildings and places 124
- Chapter 8: Infrastructure 125
- Why we need to take action 126
- Significant risks 127
- Objectives 128
- Resilient infrastructure protects and enhances the wellbeing of all New Zealanders. 128
- Infrastructure asset owners are best placed to manage climate risk 128
- Actions to support climate-resilient infrastructure 131
- Addressing inequity 133
- Critical actions 133
- Supporting actions 134
- Other actions across this plan will contribute to resilient infrastructure 137
- Chapter 9: Communities 139
- Why we need to take action 140
- Significant risks 141
- Objectives 144
- Actions to support resilient communities 144
- Addressing inequity 145
- Critical actions 145
- Supporting actions 146
- Future proposed work programmes 149
- Other actions across this plan will contribute to resilient communities 151
- Chapter 10: Economy and financial system 153
- Why we need to take action 155
- Significant risks 156
- Flow-on effects 157
- Key export industries failing to adapt 157
- Exposed local economies failing to adapt 157
- Disproportionate impacts on Māori 157
- Less insurable infrastructure, business and housing assets 158
- Disrupted supply chains 158
- Reduced financial stability 158
- Fiscal impacts of extreme weather and sea-level rise 159
- Reduced Crown revenue 159
- Objectives 159
- Actions to support a resilient economy and financial system 160
- Addressing inequity 160
- Critical actions 161
- Supporting actions 163
- Future proposed work programmes 170
- Other actions across this plan will contribute to a resilient economy and financial system 171
- Chapter 11: Implementing the plan 173
- Engaging with key groups 174
- Monitoring and reporting 174
- Reporting on this plan 174
- Governance and oversight 175
- Progress indicators 175
- Adjustment of actions 175
- Research plan to fill knowledge gaps 175
- Knowledge gaps 176
- Timeframes for filling knowledge gaps 176
- Short term (2022–25) 176
- Medium term (2025–28) 177
- Long term (2028 onward) 177
- Appendix 1: Glossary 179
- Glossary of terms 180
- List of acronyms and abbreviations 188
- Te reo Māori glossary 189
- Appendix 2: Climate risks addressed by this first plan 191
- Blank Page 194
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