Cities across the globe are becoming hotspots as climate change results in heatwaves. Lianne Dalziel CNZM will chair a panel to discuss questions such as:
- Why does this matter to Ōtautahi?
- What are the risks?
- What can be done to mitigate urban heat and ensure a liveable city for all?
The panel will consist of:
- Toby Chapman, Urban Forest Manager at Christchurch City Council
- Bridget Robilliard, Senior Landscape Architect and Kaiārahi, Kamo Marsh
- Dr Rebecca Peer, Associate Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Canterbury
- Poet Tarn Wright
Free Registration – IN PERSON or VIRTUAL – Book Now
6-7.30pm, Tuesday 18 August
EVENT DESCRIPTION
As urban areas produce, absorb and retain more heat than rural areas, this Christchurch Conversation explores the potential of increased canopy cover as a means to mitigating urban heat, the spread of urban trees and ngahere across private and public lands, and how our urban fabric might best support this living network.
By working together and creating more tree cover, we can cool things down with increased shade and improved water absorption, while reducing emissions, increasing wellbeing and enhancing te taiao in the process.
Join Te Pūtahi for this Christchurch Conversation as we canvass the barriers to planting, retaining and maintaining trees; the potential benefits; how we design for more trees and green spaces while balancing increased density; the role of households, communities, businesses and local government; and the things that we can do, in our backyards and elsewhere, to support canopy cover and a cooler, more sustainable and liveable city.
