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Thanks for your interest in our Climate Change Strategy. This consultation closed April 2015.
The consultation period for providing feedback has now closed
Tell us what you think about the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s draft Climate Change Strategy for the Wellington region.
Climate change is something that will affect everyone in the region. It is often described as the biggest environmental challenge we face.
As a coastal region, hemmed in to the east, south, and west by the sea, we are particularly vulnerable to even a small rise in sea level, and coastal hazards such as erosion and storm surge.
This will be significant and expensive for some landowners across the region. Storms occurring on top of a higher sea level will affect public infrastructure such as transport network and stormwater systems, as well as people’s homes and other buildings.
With help from the community, the Greater Wellington Regional Council has developed a draftClimate Change Strategy for the Wellington region to increase awareness of the risks and to outline the actions it plans to take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help the region to adapt to the effects of climate change.
What do people in the Wellington region think about climate change? What actions are needed? Get involved, share your views, let us know what’s important to you.
Download the draft Climate Change Strategy and tell us what you think by providing your comments below!
The consultation period for providing feedback has now closed
Tell us what you think about the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s draft Climate Change Strategy for the Wellington region.
Climate change is something that will affect everyone in the region. It is often described as the biggest environmental challenge we face.
As a coastal region, hemmed in to the east, south, and west by the sea, we are particularly vulnerable to even a small rise in sea level, and coastal hazards such as erosion and storm surge.
This will be significant and expensive for some landowners across the region. Storms occurring on top of a higher sea level will affect public infrastructure such as transport network and stormwater systems, as well as people’s homes and other buildings.
With help from the community, the Greater Wellington Regional Council has developed a draftClimate Change Strategy for the Wellington region to increase awareness of the risks and to outline the actions it plans to take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help the region to adapt to the effects of climate change.
What do people in the Wellington region think about climate change? What actions are needed? Get involved, share your views, let us know what’s important to you.
Download the draft Climate Change Strategy and tell us what you think by providing your comments below!
Vox pops: What do people think about climate change in the Wellington region?
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How do you think climate change will impact the Wellington region?
We asked people on the streets of Wellington how they thought climate change would impact the region.
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What do you think we should do about it?
A random sample of people on the streets of Wellington responded to the question 'What do you think we should do about climate change?'
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Clips
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Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report - Working Group II - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
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IPCC Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has produced a video on its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Working Group I contribution - The Physical Science Basis.
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The Titanic and Climate Change: parallel journeys?
The following animation follows two distinct journeys; that of the infamous Titanic ship which sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg and the world's current journey to a warmer future
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The Carbon Cycle
This animation describes the carbon cycle and how it is affected by human activity.
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Welcome to the Anthropocene
Produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and Globaia and funded by the UN Foundation.
The data visualization summarises and visualizes several of the most significant statements in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) recent Fifth Assessment Report, (Working Group I summary for policymakers, the Physical Science Basis).