Te whakamahere me te hoahoa anga
Planning and designing infrastructure
Action area B2. Ensure new infrastructure is planned and designed to minimise climate risks and lifecycle emissions
Assess climate change impacts for all new developments andinfrastructure The structures, systems and facilities that support daily life such as water supply, roads and communications, including social infrastructure., starting at the business case stage, to identify to what degree a proposal supports or conflicts with our climate goals over its lifecycle.
Assess and support pathways to decrease construction of new infrastructure in knownhazard zones Areas which are affected by or vulnerable to a particular hazard (e.g. flood plains)..
Ensure that long term resilience and natural hazard planning are embedded in new infrastructure developments.
Deliver stormwater solutions andwater-sensitive design Design of developments that focuses on lowering impacts on water and water-based environments. to enable resilient development and build community resilience.
Reduce infrastructure carbon for water and wastewater assets and build their resilience in line with the latest climate projections.