PHOTO: WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL 10 per cent of the city’s property values could be wiped out by a sea level rise.
From water meters to congestion charges, few political hot potatoes have been left untouched by a Wellington City Council plan that aims to slash the city’s carbon emissions to zero in 30 years.
The capital hopes to play its part in preventing a 1.4-metre sea level rise that computer models show could decimate Wellington’s central city, an area that drives 77 per cent of the city’s economy.
Although that the sea is not predicted to rise that high until 2140, the most recent Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report has given the world 11 years to get serious about sorting emission before it is too late to act.
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