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"Two major reports released in recent weeks help illustrate the scale of New
Zealand’s climate adaptation challenge – and some of the biggest barriers to
tackling it.
The Climate Change Commission has found the country’s adaptation efforts are
still not keeping pace with growing climate risks, with progress uneven and
some areas slipping further behind.
It cited the potential for working more with nature to reduce those risks, but
found this was being hampered by a lack of action, supportive policy and
funding.
Meanwhile, an analysis from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
highlights a parallel obstacle: that information needed to make good
environmental decisions is often fragmented, inaccessible or difficult to
combine.
In our warming world, both reports reflect the need for a more strategic
approach that nature-based solutions can help provide. Rather than relying
solely on engineered defences, these solutions use natural systems to help
manage climate impacts.
Protecting a community from flooding, for example, might involve restoring an
upstream wetland, giving a river more room to move or strategically
revegetating parts of a catchment – potentially reducing the need for
ever-larger stopbanks.
But knowing which of these approaches will work – and where – depends on having
the right information, along with the right system to support it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
