OPEN
MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS
Ordinary meeting of the
Environment
Committee
Te Kōmiti
Taiao / Āhuarangi
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Commencing at 9.00a.m.
Council Chamber
Civic House
110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
4 Steven Gray
- Friends of the Maitai
A. A2575066 Steven Gray public forum
speaking notes 3
6.1 Chairperson's Report
A. A2575231 - Chairperson's Report 17
February 2021 6
7 Environmental
Management Activity Management Plan - Levels of Service
A. A2574569 - Comparison with previous
2018 and proposed 2021 Levels of service for Environment LOS review 34
B. A2574567 - Proposed 2021-31 Levels of
Service for Environment LOS review and comparison with 2018 LOS 39
2. Background
He Pou a Orangi - Climate
Change Commission Advice and Evidence Report.
2.1 The recently
released report from He Pou a Orangi is a critical step for Aotearoa
New Zealand in creating a solution focused pathway of how we will as a country
deliver on our obligations which resulted from the 2015 Paris Agreement and
subsequent Zero Carbon Act.
2.2 The report
provides the first of three recommended 5-year emissions budgets for
consideration by Central Government.
2.3 It outlines a
pathway towards achieving necessary and effective emissions reductions at a
national level. This will ensure New Zealand’s actions are consistent
with its stated targets and our goal of decreasing our emissions to achieve
less than 1.5oC of global temperature warming.
2.4 Support from
Central Government should result in real and rapid action including:
2.4.1 Electrification of our
country’s vehicles,
2.4.2 An increase in walking,
cycling and public transport funding,
2.4.3 Improving the thermal
efficiency in new buildings,
2.4.4 Incentives to decrease
industry reliance on fossil fuels,
2.4.5 An increasing proportion of
renewable electricity generation with a particular focus on wind and
solar,
2.4.6 Reducing emissions through
low-emissions agricultural practices,
2.4.7 Increasing end-of-life
recovery and reducing the import of HFCs in second-hand products and
2.4.8 Incentivised large scale
indigenous tree planting programmes.
2.5 The report highlights the importance of understanding
that whilst carbon sequestration through indigenous forest regeneration can
offset for pre-existing emissions it should not displace doing everything we
can to reduce our current emissions from other sector activity first.
2.6 Council has
prioritised action on climate change and is already underway with a number of
projects that are recommended to be carried out nationally in the report.
2.7 The government
is seeking views on the report and Council is preparing its own submission.
Submissions are due March 14.
2.8 If you’d
like to read the report visit the Climate Change Commission’s
website: climatecommission.govt.nz
Nelson
Tasman Climate Forum Climate Action Book
2.9 Over the past
12 months there has been feedback on many iterations of the Climate
Forum’s Charter and Action Plan.
2.10 A final version of the
Forums Action Plan called The Climate Action Book – A Climate Action
Plan for Nelson Tasman 2021 is just finished.
2.11 It represents a
collaboration across all of the forms groups collated by the climate action
plan group. It’s an ambitious plan for the Nelson Tasman region and is
filled with climate action opportunities for all of our communities.
2.12 Adoption of the climate
action book will take place at the Climate Forum‘s February Hui.
2.13 At the February Hui there
will also be an opportunity to sign the Charter.
2.14 Staff will be bringing
back a report on both the Action Plan and the Charter as well as the
Forum’s Weaving Plan which is near completion.
2.15 Signing the Charter as a
signatory member will demonstrate that Council’s actions are aligned with
its intentions and that it is committed to long-term and meaningful
contributions to current climate action, alongside our community.
