We have to risks to people’s homes and communities; to strengthen our ability to cope with the effects marae and urupā; to infrastructure like roads of climate change, mitigate the risks, and make and water supplies; to families, workers and the most of the opportunities. [...] The Commission provides impartial focus on the outcomes that can result from information about the choices the government government action and policy, and the choices of the day has to respond to climate change. [...] evidence-based monitoring and advice on how The Act requires the Commission to draw from Aotearoa New Zealand can mitigate and adapt to the best available evidence and analysis and think the effects of climate change and transition to a broadly about the impacts of climate change and the thriving, climate-resilient, and low emissions future. [...] Recommendation 6: Prepare a strategy and plan to develop the climate adaptation workforce We recommend that the Government prepare a strategy and plan to develop workforce needs related to climate adaptation, and identify the skills and capacity to be developed through the education system, across key professional bodies, and within the science and research system. [...] A group of agency the Act are to prepare updated versions of the leaders, the Climate Change Chief Executives national climate change risk assessment (as above) Board (the Board), is responsible for monitoring and to monitor progress towards the country’s the implementation of actions in the national goals for emissions reduction (see Box 1.2: adaptation plan; this includes the preparation The Com.
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Table of Contents
- Te whakamahuki | Contents 3
- Te karere ate Tumu 4
- Chair’s message 6
- Te kupu a te Pou 8
- Chief Executive’s message 10
- Mō He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission 12
- About He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission 13
- He mawhititanga:Te aromatawai i ngā kokenga urutau At a glance: Assessing adaptation progress 14
- What we found 15
- Our recommendations 18
- Wehenga A:Te tirohanga whānui Part A:The overview 22
- He whakatakinga | Introduction 23
- Purpose of the report 23
- The context of this report 26
- Our monitoring task 33
- The structure of this report 35
- Tā mātou kokenga | Our approach 36
- Working from evidence: research, engagement and analysis 37
- Our monitoring framework and tools 38
- Where to find different parts of our assessment 40
- Future development 40
- Ngā huranga matua | Our key findings andrecommendations 41
- Wehenga B: Ngā taunakitanga Part B: The supporting evidence 55
- Te pae tawhiti, te pae tata 56
- Setting the scene 56
- Our approach 58
- Ngā tohu 60
- How the first national adaptation plan considerste ao Māori 63
- Challenges to theimplementation and effectiveness of the first national adaptation plan 64
- Te reo Māori glossary 66
- Ngā whāinga hoahoa o te mahere | The plan’s overall architecture, goals and objectives 67
- The Government’s first national plan of action to address climate risk 67
- Understanding the architecture of Aotearoa New Zealand’s first national adaptation plan 69
- Does the plan align with emerging international best practice for adaptation planning? 71
- Does the plan align with important adaptation principles? 76
- Tā te mahere urupare ki ngātūraru āhuarangi | How well the plan addresses climate risks 80
- Understanding climate change risk 80
- Our focus in assessing how the plan responds to climate risk 82
- Considerations in our assessment 83
- How we carried out our assessment 85
- Key observations across all the domains 88
- Assessing how well the plan responds to the risks 90
- Natural environment domain 90
- Human domain 96
- Economy domain 102
- Built environment domain 108
- Governance domain 114
- Ngā taupā ki te whai hua o te mahere |Barriers to the plan’s effectiveness 120
- Understanding barriers to effectiveness 120
- Challenges to New Zealanders preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change 122
- Challenge 1:A coherent legislative framework and clear institutional arrangements enable effective adaptation 122
- Challenge 2:A clear framework for who pays for adaptation planning, action and loss, alongside more funding and investment in adaptation, is needed 127
- Challenge 3:Adequate capacity and capability can progress adaptation action 135
- Challenge 4:Access to data, information and decision support tools provides a consistent starting point across all sectors 138
- Challenge 5:A joined up health sector can minimise health and wellbeing impacts 142
- Challenge 6:Well planned and managed land use can prevent impacts on communities 147
- Challenge 7:Integration of nature-based solutions can minimise climate impacts 150
- Challenge 8:A clear framework for water services should support good adaptation outcomes 153
- Challenge 9:Communities need equitable support before and after an extreme event 156
- Challenge 10:Coordination and alignment across infrastructure providers is needed 160
- Challenge 11:Regulated entities need to be able to justify and get approval for adaptation initiatives 163
- Ngā kokenga ki te whakatinanai te mahere | Progress towards implementing the plan 165
- Introduction 165
- Evaluating implementation of the first national adaptation plan 167
- Foundations for implementation 170
- Assessing progress made towards implementing actions in the plan 172
- System-wide 172
- Natural environment 175
- Homes, buildings and places 178
- Communities 180
- Infrastructure 182
- Economy and financial system 184
- Ngā kokenga kua kitea kingā whāinga o te mahere |Observed progress towards the plan’s objectives 190
- Introduction 190
- Overall conclusions 194
- Assessment of objectives by outcome area 195
- System-wide issues 195
- Natural environment 206
- Homes, buildings and places 212
- Infrastructure 220
- Communities 228
- Economy and financial system 235
- Te whakawhanake i ngāwaeine matua ā-motu |Developing key national metrics 241
- Introduction 241
- Three national-level metrics 242
- What these metrics tell us 245
- He iringa kupu | Technical glossary 260
- Te taukōrero | References 266
