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Communities for Climate Protection
(CCP-NZ)

CCP-NZ is part of an international programme aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from council operations and from communities by developing measures that will:

• save energy and promote renewable energy,
• increase sustainable transport, 
• enhance urban design,
• reduce emissions from landfills, 
• support adoption of low-carbon technology.

CCP-NZ is a New Zealand Government initiative delivered by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives – Australia/New Zealand (ICLEI-A/NZ).

CCP-NZ and Kaikoura

In order to measure and reduce Kaikoura's green house gas emissions the  Kaikoura District Council joined CCP-NZ in 2004 with the intention of achieving the following five milestones:

1. Establishing an inventory and forecast for key sources of greenhouse emissions in council and the community,
2. Setting an emissions reduction goal,
3. Developing and adopting a local greenhouse gas emissions action plan to achieve those reductions,
4. Implementing the local action plan,
5. Monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions and implementing actions and measures.

Early in 2005 we achieved Milestone 1 and 2, and in early 2006 we were recognised as the first local authority in New Zealand to achieve Milestone 3 for both community and corporate sectors.

Reductions in Green House Gas Emissions

By the year 2010 Kaikoura District Council have set targets to:

• reduce the council green house gas emissions by 100%
• reduce the communities green house gas emsissions by 60%.

If you would like to know how we set our targets download our Milestone 1 and 2 Report and if you are interested in how we are going to meet these targets download our Local Action Plan.

Kaikoura District Council has a number of initiatives in place that compliment the CCP-NZ, working towards reducing greenhouse gases, these include:

• Membership of the EnergyWise Councils programme;
• Participation in Earthcheck Sustainable Community Program 
• Zero Waste will lead to a reduction in organics to landfill
• A recent proposal to develop Zero Organics (ZORG), to ensure that organic matter to landfill is reduced;
• Trees for Travellers will lead to the environmental impact of visitors being reduced through planting trees.

For further information feel free to contact the Environmental Development Officer.