Sustainable Dunedin City

A pdf of SDC’s submission is available here.

The submission is available here as a pdf, and is reproduced below.

11 April 2008

The Chief Executive
Dunedin City Council
PO Box 5045
Dunedin

Submission on the Dunedin City Council 2008/2009 Draft Annual Plan

The Society wishes to speak about its submission.

Introduction

The Sustainable Dunedin City Society is made up of persons who are interested in the issues of climate change, declining energy security and sustainability, as they affect Dunedin City. The Society is not affiliated with any political party and aims to facilitate a positive, secure and sustainable future for Dunedin City in the face of challenges posed by climate change, declining energy security, and unsustainable resource use.

The Society conducts research and disseminates information on climate change, declining energy security, and sustainability, and promotes awareness of these issues to the wider community. It aims to influence individuals, businesses and governments to adapt their behaviours and policies to reflect the growing importance of these issues.

The Society acknowledges the Symposium on Climate Change and Peak Oil that the Council organised in November last year. However, the Society considers that the Dunedin City Council must build on this initiative and increase the profile of these issues It submits that the Council has a responsibility to review its plans and policies urgently before committing to any further substantial expenditure other than essential services and infrastructural needs.

Below, we present some specific areas which need attention.

Community Outcomes
The Society notes that one of the City

Please find the submission as a pdf here.

SDC presentations to the one day symposium are available here as PDF’s.
The text of the talk is here.(PDF 84KB)
The overhead slides are here.(PDF 0.6MB)