Press Release – Nelson City Council Additional climate change funding, consistent with Nelson City Council’s vision to enable our community to respond to climate change, was approved for Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP) at a deliberations meeting held last week. Nelson-Tasman …
Additional climate change funding, consistent with Nelson City Council’s vision to enable our community to respond to climate change, was approved for Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP) at a deliberations meeting held last week.
Nelson-Tasman Climate Forum, Business for Climate Action, Community Compost, and Tasman Environment Trust are all in line for funding after submitting to the LTP.
Monday, 24 May 2021, 4:37 pm
Additional climate change funding, consistent with
Nelson City Council s vision to enable our community to
respond to climate change, was approved for Council s Long
Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP) at a deliberations meeting held last
week.
Nelson-Tasman Climate Forum, Business for
Climate Action, Community Compost, and Tasman Environment
Trust are all in line for funding after submitting to the
LTP.
After Nelson Tasman Climate Forum requested
financial support from Council, councillors approved
$100,000 of funding allocated in each of the first three
years of the LTP.
Environment and Climate Committee
Chair Kate Fulton has been working with the Forum to develop
Helping Nature help itself Helping Nature help itself
Nature-based solutions are gaining momentum as a way to reduce the impact of climate change and other threats to biodiversity.
published : 21 Dec 2020 at 12:30
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Decades of rapid economic growth and urbanisation have been marked by excessive exploitation of natural resources, particularly fossil fuels and forests, across the planet. The environmental and social consequences of such development are more evident than ever, especially in Asia.
Earth s climate is changing substantially, with disasters of all kinds wildfires, floods and storms increasing in intensity and damage. The harm to the environment and biodiversity has led to other consequences, from global migration to economic loss and hunger.