Outcome Five: Business
Pakihi
Low-emission businesses thrive | Ka ora ai kā pakihi tukuwaro-iti
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Key
2022-2025Year of deliveryAdaptationMitigationBiodiversity and sequestrationOur tourism system is regenerative by 20305.1
Partner with the Regional Tourism Operators to create a Destination Management Plan to achieve regenerative tourism by 2030. The plan takes a whole of system approach and includes:
- Partnership with Kāi Tahu.
- Emissions and waste reduction initiatives and measures across the visitor economy.
- Capability building programmes for businesses, community, and the workforce.
- A marketing model that attracts values-based visitors.
- Visitor mode shift from private vehicles to public and active transport.
- Tools to help visitors to give back e.g. to biodiversity enhancing initiatives.
- Effective targets, data, and monitoring.
- Strong community engagement.
UPDATEUpdate
18 January 2024The Queenstown Lakes' Destination Management plan, "Travel to a thriving future" was launched in Feb 2022 and aims to achieve regenerative tourism and a carbon zero visitor economy by 2030. QLDC is a key partner of the plan and it involved inputs from the Resilience & Climate Action team as well as a wide range of business and community stakeholders. Further information can be found here: https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/regenerative-tourism-2030
COMPLETE5.2
Implement the actions outlined in the Destination Management Plan.
UPDATEUpdate
18 January 2024The QLDC Resilience & Climate Action team provided funding for one of the first key actions of the Destination Management Plan. This related to the development of a discussion paper that collated research and analysis to support the creation of a roadmap to guide decarbonisation across the district. This project involved an exercise to estimate the emissions of the visitor economy, including an assessment of options for how international aviation emissions could be accounted. The paper also included discussion about the criticality of our local power supply, scenario modelling options and an overview of potential emissions reduction options. The discussion paper can be read here: https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/regenerative-tourism-2030.
2023-2025We support businesses to transition to a low emission future5.3
Develop a Diversification Plan that includes climate action as a key principle.
UPDATEUpdate
15 January 2024The Queenstown Lakes Draft Economic Diversification Plan "New pathways to a thriving future" has been developed and released for consultation. The QLDC Economic Futures team are now gathering feedback on the draft. Key stakeholders will be invited to endorse the plan once finalised. More information can be found here: https://letstalk.qldc.govt.nz/draft-economic-diversification-plan-2023
2022-20245.4
Amplify and support programmes to assist businesses to be energy efficient, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, waste, and water use.
UPDATEUpdate
15 January 2024Funding support has been provided to the WAO Climate Action Initiative to help support the development and delivery of a programme that supports organistaions to 'know their number' and take proactive steps towards emissions reduction investments. Opportunities to accelerate and scale up the programme are being investigated.
2023-20255.5
Develop a sustainability plan template with guidelines for event organisers and embed this into the processes for QLDC’s event approval and funding.
UPDATEUpdate
27 February 2024A guide to help event organisers reduce their waste and greenhouse gas emissions is currently being finalised to be available prior to the 2024 Event Funding Round. QLDC is also funding Sustainable Events Workshops facilitated by WAO and Wastebusters, with speakers from events around the district that are leading the way.
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More Outcomes
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1. Leadership
QLDC demonstrates ambitious climate leadership
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2. Transport
Our transport system is low-emission and better connected
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3. Built
Our built environment is low-emission and resilient
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4. Communities
Our communities are low-emission and climate resilient
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6. Environment
A flourishing natural environment
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