Risk assessment for sea level rise
Diane D made this Official Information request to Christchurch City Council
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From: Diane D
Dear Christchurch City Council,
Please provide a copy of the council's risk assessment for sea level rise for all of Christchurch including Banks Peninsula and how it will affect our city.
Yours faithfully,
Dianne Downward
From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council
Kia ora Diane,
Thank you for your email.
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Ella
Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive
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From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council
Kia ora Diane
I refer to your request regarding the Christchurch City Council's
(Council) risk assessment for sea level rise.
Council Response
The information Council holds on sea level rise modelling is public and
can be accessed [1]here. Information from the 2021 Coastal Hazards
Assessment for Christchurch District (Tonkin + Taylor) is available in a
short written report, a longer technical report, an interactive mapping
portal and a series of videos.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Kind regards
Ella
Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive
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From one of the links given....
''..Climate change is slowly raising the level of the sea. Water expands with heat, so warmer temperatures are causing our oceans to expand....''
Basic science and our own experience with putting things in the freezer, tells us that water expands with COLD not with heat, that is why ice floats.
This does not give me confidence with other statements in this report
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