Our long-term vision
The Council's long-term strategic vision is Towards 2040: Smart Capital. One of the goals in this vision is to make Wellington an eco-city:
Towards 2040: Smart Capital
Our Long-term Plan supports the aim to develop Wellington as an eco-city that:
- proactively responds to environmental challenges
- takes an environmental leadership role, as the capital city of clean and green New Zealand.
Long-term Plan
Our other strategies and plans
Other Council plans for the environment include:
Our Natural Capital - Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
The Council's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Wellington:
- outlines our vision, goals and objectives
- sets the priorities that give our work direction and purpose
- provides a set of guiding principles for Council to work by.
These are the four themes under which our biodiversity management guidelines, goals, objectives and actions are grouped.
- Protect the ecologically significant areas on private and public land, particularly through pest reduction
- Restore these areas – create safe buffer zones around them and connect them
- Connect people to the importance of and threats to our indigenous biodiversity, and provide resources and support for restoration work across all our reserves
- Research the best ways we can continue to manage our issues and progress.
Te Atakura – First to Zero
In June 2019, the Council passed the Te Atakura – First to Zero blueprint to make Wellington City a zero carbon capital (net zero emissions) by 2050..
This blueprint outlines key activities that can help reduce our emissions in four target areas: transport, building energy and urban form, advocacy, and the Council.