TCDC have started an online survey relating to coastal hazards and sea level rise. Read More »
Tag: flooding
Coastal Flooding Simulator to include Hauraki Plains
Since 2016, Waikato Regional Councils’s excellent coastal flooding simulator has shown present and potential future flooding due to sea level rise around the Coromandel Peninsula. Next month the coastline of the Hauraki Plains between Kaiaua and Kopu will be added to the simulator allowing more accurate assessment of coastal flood risk. Many people will be shocked at the potential extent of coastal flooding due to sea level riseRead More »
Sea Level Rise Study to Focus on Thames
Prof Tim Naish is one of New Zealand’s foremost climate scientists. He and Richard Levy of GNS Science co-lead a $7 million research program called NZSeaRise. They visited Thames recently to assess sea level rise projections for the township. Prof Naish confirmed that when land subsidence on the foreshore is added, parts of Thames have a very high local sea level rise rate of 14mm per year. The NZSeaRise research will, therefore, focus on Thames (and the Hauraki Plains) because of the acute risks these areas face from rising seas.
$0.5 Billion Reasons for Thames Coromandel Council to Sign Climate Declaration
Thames-Coromandel District Council has confirmed that $0.5 billion worth of its own community/ratepayer assets are at risk from sea level rise Radio NZ reports.
Council’s own data makes a mockery of Mayor Sandra Goudie’s excuse for not signing the Local Government Climate Change Declaration because of “unknown financial consequences”.Read More »
One Decade of Unrestrained Coastal Development in Auckland Adds 8000 People at Risk From Sea Level Rise
Insurance Warnings Repeated
For some time I’ve been commenting on the dangers of increasing the risk of coastal development in low-lying areas threatened by sea level rise. A new report from Auckland has documented just how significantly that risk has increased even in the last decade.Read More »
Re-Elect Denis Tegg to Waikato Regional Council 