Climate Change

Chris Karamea Insley

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April 1st, 2016

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Climate change and Maori

• Climate change is real for Iwi1

• Low-lying coastal areas will in general be most vulnerable to sea level rise2

• Impacts are large, unique and disproportionate to Iwi3

• Paris Agreement is a good thing • Domestic policy is failing (ETS) • The impact of climate change is

getting worse6

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Sources: 1 Rosier. S. (NIWA) et al (2014). Extreme Rainfall in early July in Northland

New Zealand. 2 Wright. J Dr (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment) (Nov. 2015).

Preparing New Zealand for rising seas: Certainty and Uncertainty. 3 Meade. R. Insley. C.K. (2007) Maori Impacts from the ETS.

4 CCILG (2010-11) Regional Hui Report on ETS.

5 Independent Review Panel (2011). Doing New Zealand’s Fair Share. 6 IPCC 5th Assessment Report 2013. www.climatechange2013.org

Domestic Policy has failed

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Poor NZ Forest Policy

Net deforestation Forest to dairy-farms

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Extreme Storm Events and sea-level rise

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAORI FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

- Industrial Renewable Energy

- Community Renewable Energy

- Sustainable Maori Land development

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Student Engineer Team

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Winning engineering concept design

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SUSTAINABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT Low value maize to high-value and sustainable horticulture at Omaio

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Sustainable Community Development

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Māori Landowner(s)

Māori Landowner(s)

Māori Landowner(s)

Māori Landowner(s)

Māori Landowner(s)

Māori Landowner(s)

Leases

Te Whānau-a-Nuku

Te Whānau-a-Toihau

Other hapu (marae)

Te Rau Aroha Charitable Trust

$ Charitable distributions

Trustee Company

Directors / Shareholders

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Management Company - Own Board - Land Recruitment - Operations management

GP Company

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Land-based Aquaculture Renewable Energy

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Omaio Water Limited Omaio Kiwifruit Investor

Kiwifruit Investor (s)

Joint Venture

Omaio High-value Kiwifruit Development Limited

Sustainable Community Development

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Summary

• Paris agreement is a game-changer for New Zealand and Maori on climate change

• Government need to move quick to remove 2 for 1, not tinker with other policy settings and focus on adaptation policy

• Maori have a central and significant role to play in meeting New Zealand’s obligations and commitments under the new Paris Agreement on climate change

• There is a lot to be done to fix New Zealand’s domestic policy with little time to do it to meet new international commitments

• The biggest risk for Maori will be government continuing to move the policy goal posts

• Climate change will present new opportunities for Maori communities (marae) and regions

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