New Zealand's first climate adaptation plan may relocate some coastal communities
“I am frustrated that for the last three decades, successive governments have not paid any attention in any real form to the challenges that we face from the effects of climate change,” Shaw said. “We had to start somewhere.”of low-lying homes and assets as rising seas and increased storms make flooding more common.
The report says that a “managed retreat” from such areas will often be considered a last resort, to be used in conjunction with other adaptations such as installing seawalls and raising houses on stilts. The plan also aims to make granular climate-change data more widely accessible, which in some cases could impact insurance rates and property prices.
“This National Adaptation Plan is a great first step towards addressing some of these challenges, though paucity remains in some of the details,” he said.
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