Reducing our emissions

One of our key roles in climate action is reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the region.

We already support communities in reducing and adapting to climate risk, and we need your feedback on how climate hazards and risks, including greenhouse gas emissions reduction, should be managed in the Regional Policy Statement.

Key community concerns we heard from you in the previous engagement were:

• Health and wellbeing
• Air quality, healthy soils and abundant freshwater
• Flooding and other climate risks to people and infrastructure in high-hazard zones
• Healthy ecosystems to build climate resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Good public transport and cycleways.

What we can influence:

• How we can better support businesses and communities to reduce their emissions
• Whether or not there is a regional target to reduce emissions further than national targets
• Encouraging or discouraging the planting of exotic forests.