This request and release is about geospatial data (coordinates) of closed landfills at risk of breach.
Type
Departmental
This request and release is about geospatial data (coordinates) of closed landfills at risk of breach.
Type
Departmental
Details of the request
May I please be provided with the geospatial data (coordinates) of the closed landfills in Aotearoa New Zealand that are At Risk of breach due to sea level rise or extreme weather / erosion.
The sea level risk data was modelled and described in the the 2019 LGNZ report commisioned by Tonkin and Taylor - Vulnerable: the quantum of local government infrastructure exposed to sea level rise.
And referred to in the 2021 MfE report - National Climate Change Risk Assessment for New Zealand.
The locations (at least 321 landfills at risk) were recently reported on in this Stuff article: https://i.stuff.co.nz/environment/124123042/more-than-300-old-dumps-at-risk-ofcoastal-
erosion-and-flooding