This report provides information on the exposure of landfills to climate-related hazards at a national level. This is part of a project to support regional councils and unitary authorities to evaluate climate change risks to landfills in their regions.
Of the landfills assessed 1,797 (56%) are potentially exposed to one or more of the climate-related hazards assessed, while 176 (5%) are potentially exposed to all three hazards that were assessed. River and surface flooding hazard was assessed as the hazard that has the highest number of landfills being exposed to (more than 50% of the landfills assessed), followed by coastal inundation (9%), then coastal edge proximity (3%).
The results provide a high-level overview of the scale of the issue nationally, and a preliminary basis for regional councils and unitary authorities to carry out a more detailed climate change risk assessment of their landfills.
This report provides information on the exposure of landfills to climate-related hazards at a national level. This is part of a project to support regional councils and unitary authorities to evaluate climate change risks to landfills in their regions.
Of the landfills assessed 1,797 (56%) are potentially exposed to one or more of the climate-related hazards assessed, while 176 (5%) are potentially exposed to all three hazards that were assessed. River and surface flooding hazard was assessed as the hazard that has the highest number of landfills being exposed to (more than 50% of the landfills assessed), followed by coastal inundation (9%), then coastal edge proximity (3%).
The results provide a high-level overview of the scale of the issue nationally, and a preliminary basis for regional councils and unitary authorities to carry out a more detailed climate change risk assessment of their landfills.