Calling for action on climate change has been a consistent refrain from local authorities. We need whoever is in government after 23 September to set some firm goals and strategies for both mitigating and adapting to climate change,’’ new LGNZ president and Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said. Natural hazards and climate change impacts pose an unprecedented threat to our natural and built environment.’’Calling for action on climate change has been a consistent refrain from local authorities. At the LGNZ conference in July, 39 mayors called for an ambitious central government plan to prepare for impacts such rising sea levels. Of that, $303 million was short-term lending to 23 councils and $7.76 billion was longterm and lent to 52 councils, it said.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 12, 2017 20:15 UTC