Our Sustainable Future

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Our Sustainable Future

New Plymouth District is renown for its scenery and outdoor activities, and we are committed to ensuring the natural resources remain available for generations to come.

As part of the Communities for Climate Protection- New Zealand programme (CCP-NZ) we aim to reduce the amount of green house gases produced in the district. The collection, monitoring and analysis of key data in relation to the economic, social, cultural and environmental wellbeing of the district will assist us to manage the district in a sustainable manner.

Communities for Climate Protection

CCP-NZ is a New Zealand Government initiative and is part of the International Cities for Climate Protection Campaign.

CCP-NZ encourages and supports councils to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and develop actions to foster climate change action at a local level.  There are nearly 700 units of local government participating in the CCP programme around the world, including 27 New Zealand local authorities.

We joined the CCP-NZ programme in March 2007 and are committed to completing the five milestones of the programme:

Milestone 1: Conduct an inventory and forecast for Community and Corporate (council) greenhouse gas emissions.
Milestone 2:  Establish greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Milestone 3:  Develop and adopt a local action plan.
Milestone 4: Implement the local action plan and quantify the benefits of implementing actions.
Milestone 5: Monitor and report on implementation of the local action plan and progress towards achieving the reduction goal.

• Milestone 1 report August 2007 (Eight pages 88KB PDF)
• Milestone 2 report June 2008 (13 pages 174KB PDF)

Related links

• District Plan
• How are we doing - scorecards and indicators
• Long-Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP)
• Monitoring our environment 

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