Submission to the Queenstown Lakes Climate and Biodiversity Plan
We call out the council for its lack of commitment to climate change and offer powerful actions.
Despite its June 2019 declaration of a Climate Emergency, QLDC appears unwilling to grapple with the big structural changes needed. While urban environments contribute a third of global emissions and the IPCC urgently calls on city planners to adapt, this core function of the council is largely ignored by the draft plan.
Our submission shows how the densification of Frankton would substantially reduce urban life-cycle emissions and accelerate the transition to a low emissions economy.