In November 2023 the Council agreed to pause the Ruawai Adaptive Pathways Pilot and all related expenditure and consult on the Climate Smart Programme through the 24/27 Long Term Plan.
Over the next ten plus years, we will do adaptation planning with our communities to come up with long-lasting approaches that are good for the community and good for nature. We are starting with our coastal communities because the impacts of climate change are projected to be more intense in these areas.
Adaptive pathways planning is Councils preferred approach to community adaptation planning. With adaptive pathways planning communities are intimately involved in developing adaptation plans for their places. The diagram below shows the adaptive pathways planning cycle. Watch the video below to learn what adaptive pathways is all about.
Adapted from Coastal hazards and climate change: Guidance for local government, Ministry for the Environment, 2017
Learn about the first adaptive pathways planning happening in the Ruawai – Raupō areas.
