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Resolution
number AE/2021/196
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson M Watson, seconded
by Member C Robertson:
That the Albert-Eden Local Board:
a)
note that:
i)
because emissions
are cumulative, the more we reduce emissions in the short term, the less
overall emissions and climate damage will have occurred by 2050.
ii) the Climate
Change (Zero Carbon) Response Amendment Act set a national target to reduce
net emissions for all greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 given that the net
zero target is required of Aotearoa New Zealand to meet its commitment to the
Paris Agreement, which is to limit the global average temperature rise to
1.5oC above pre-industrial levels. In addition, The Act requires Government
to set five yearly emissions budgets out to 2050.
iii) the Government is also
addressing climate change through the resource management reforms, for both
mitigation and adaptation through for example land use planning and
intensification, and identification of areas to avoid for development.
iv) the Emissions Reduction
Plan (ERP) must be in place by the end of May 2022, will set out strategies
and policies to meet the first emissions budget (2022-2025).
v) the policies in
the ERP will span every sector of the economy and include changes to our
funding and finance system, the way we organise our urban areas, and a shift
to a circular economy and also set out strategies and policies to manage the
impacts the proposed policies may have on employers and employees, regions,
iwi, and wider communities.
vi) the Government is
also wanting to hear about steps which communities and particularly the
private sector can take to enable a low carbon transition, and what they need
from Government to support those changes.
b)
support:
i)
the overall
strategy.
ii) meeting the
net-zero challenge.
iii) central and local
government working closely with Te Tiriti partners on the ERP.
iv) proposed packages being
transport, energy and industry, agriculture, waste, building and
construction, forestry, research and innovation and circular economy.
v) investment in
actions around transport, noting that 43.6 per cent of Auckland’s
emissions are from transport which is double the nationwide average.
c)
request:
i)
funding for local
boards of Auckland Council to develop and deliver community based local
climate action plans.
ii) funding for local
boards to implement urban ngahere strategies.
iii) further subsidies to
encourage both solar power initiates in urban areas.
iv) significant increase in
central government funding directed to rapid transport infrastructure and
other transport measures in Auckland to lift uptake for example; light rail,
electric micro-mobility facilities, infrastructure for active transport and
micro-mobility and Accessible Streets programmes.
v) the Ministry of
Transport and other organisations promote multi-modal transport for example,
through increasing secure bike parking at rapid transit stations and allowing
bikes to be carried on buses.
vi) adequate resourcing for
iwi and other Māori organisations to participate fully in developing and
implementing emissions reduction plans.
vii) that support be provided to
help businesses and community organisations develop and implement
emission-reduction plans.
viii) that additional support be
targeted to groups and communities who may experience additional difficulties
taking up mitigation and adaptation measures.
CARRIED
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