A quarry and a carbon-emitting pump system were greeted with disdain by climate activists when they were announced as recipients of Government “climate resilience” funding last August. Climate scientists questioned whether those projects fitted the climate resilience description – and queried the wisdom of other listed projects that would encourage more housing development behind stopbanks. When Stuff asked the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for an updated list of funded projects from the climate resilience announcement, it supplied a list of 56 projects. Correction: Originally, this story said that the investment in Muggeridge’s pump station was approximately $18m. Riverlink, Hutt River scheme (Hutt River flood management, Stokes Valley to Melling)28.

Source: Stuff August 03, 2021 17:01 UTC