Whakatāne District Council commissioned a community carbon footprint for the district, looking at the 2020/21 financial year. This carbon footprint will help us understand how much greenhouse gas emissions our district discharges into the atmosphere, and where these come from. It is a first step to understanding what actions we could take to reduce the emissions that contribute to climate change. It will allow us to monitor change and the benefits of any action we take as a district.
We commissioned AECOM New Zealand for this work. The footprint followed a globally recognized methodology, which is used by cities around the world (the Global Protocol for Community Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory).
The report shows the greenhouse gas emissions for the Whakatāne District and territorial area. We have measured emissions from:
- Stationary energy
- Transport
- Waste
- Industrial processes and product use
- Agriculture and
- Forestry.
Keen to read the reports?
- 2021/22 Whakatāne District Community Carbon Footprint - (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- 2021/22 Bay of Plenty Region Community Carbon Footprint - (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- 2015/16 Whakatāne District Community Footprint Report - (PDF, 3 MB)