Northland-wide Climate Adaptation Strategy

Since 2019, we have been working together to develop an adaptation plan that will protect our people, places and cultural identity. The Te Tai Tokerau Climate Adaptation Strategy was adopted by councils and tangata whenua representatives in April 2022. 

Climate Adaptation Te Tai Tokerau (CATT)

Councils have an important role to play in climate change adaptation, with education and advice, as well as with planning and managing adaptation responses at a local and regional level.

We need to be flexible and dynamic with our response to climate change, because the timing and scale of impacts are uncertain.

This is a new, challenging space for councils and communities. We’re working with all Northland councils, hapū and iwi partners, to respond to the challenges of climate change in Te Tai Tokerau.

The Te Tai Tokerau Adaptation Strategy pulls together key information in a series of technical reports covering:

• foundational principals
• climate risk assessments
• adaptation tools for local government
• community adaption plans.