Councils tackle climate change despite poor legal safeguards

Councils tackle climate change despite poor legal safeguards
Councils in Canterbury are taking steps against climate change. (Image: NiStoc)
Greg Hurrell
Local body authorities are finding the lack of national legislative and financial support for climate adaptation a challenge.Without that framework to manage legal risks, councils are worried they don’t have enough of a legislative basis to manage legal risks such as when carrying out managed retreat. It is also feared that the public might lack confidence that plans made now would be followed through by future councils.The findings were part of an investigation by the auditor general into how well four sample councils were respondin...

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