Adaptation Planning | National Planning

Overview

Climate adaptation law and policy in Aotearoa is changing quickly.

The Ministry for the Environment is currently working on a National Adaptation Plan, due in 2022, to respond to the most urgent of our climate risks.

Major reform of the Resource Management Act is also underway, with a standalone Managed Retreat and Climate Change Adaptation Act proposed. This Act may establish an adaptation fund to enable central and local government to support climate adaptation, as well as deal with the legal and technical issues involved in managed retreat.

However, a wide range of legislation and guidance has a role to play in either helping or hindering climate adaptation. The resources in this section explore national policy and planning solutions for climate adaptation.

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Tim Ng

Treasury NZ

It’s going to hurt... in just about every aspect of life as we know it. But there are also possibilities and opportunities.

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Sea level rise and the law: Who is liable?

Who pays to adapt to climate change: local, regional or national government, or private citizens?