Action in our Changing Climate

Our changing climate

E tere panoni ana tō tātou ao. Ehara i te mea he raru mō āpōpō te huringa āhuarangi - kei te aroaro tonu o nāianei. E tere piki ana te ia mahana o te ao ināianei, tērā i ngā wā o mua tata nei.

Our planet is undergoing unprecedented changes. Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it's a reality we face today. The planet is experiencing a warming trend that is happening faster than at any time in recent history. Eighteen of the 19 warmest years since 1951 have occurred since 2001 (NASA).

In New Zealand, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly evident, with rising temperatures contributing to more frequent and severe weather events such as Cyclone Hale, Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary floods in 2023.

From drought and wildfires to extreme rainfall, these changes threaten our ecosystems, agriculture, and coastal areas. Sea level rise puts our coastal communities at risk, while changing weather patterns affect agriculture and water resources.

Heoi anō, me mahi ngātahi tonu tātou katoa i runga i te manawa ora, ahatia ngā wero. | But amidst the challenges, there is hope and a need for collective action.

He ana hei mahi māku? | What can I do?

By making small adjustments to your life, you can have lasting, positive impacts on the environment (and save costs at the same time!)

Whakaitingia te waro — whakaitingia ō tukunga| Lose some carbon weight – reduce your emissions

Our council is promoting the use of Futurefit to encourage our community
to explore actions they can take to reduce their impact in an easy and positive way.

More than 45,000 people have signed up to FutureFit and, through making small adjustments to their lives, they’ve saved the carbon equivalent of 13,600 car trips from Auckland to Wellington. If 10% of New Zealanders used the tool, we could collectively save the equivalent of 2 million car trips from Auckland to Wellington!

Results gathered from Futurefit will help influence future work in the climate action space for Te Tai Tokerau in conjunction with our neighbouring Councils.

Check out Futurefit here.

Carbon Neutral New Zealand Trust is a citizen-based, community initiatives aimed at addressing climate change at the local level and offer a number of tools for individuals, households and business to assess and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.