The Canterbury regional climate change working group, senior staff from Canterbury councils, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and papatipu rūnanga, completed a climate change risk screening for Canterbury in April 2020. This screening identified a set of priority risks and opportunities from climate change to Canterbury’s natural environment, built environment, social, cultural, economic and governance domains. A companion report was also completed providing an overview of adaptation work already being undertaken by councils within the region.

The working group now wish to conduct a detailed assessment of the priority risks identified in the screening, including adaptation urgency and gaps in evidence.

Environment Canterbury, on behalf of the Canterbury regional climate change working group, wish to contract climate change risk assessment expertise to develop an approach to a detailed climate change risk assessment, design and carry out an engagement process and produce a technical report and public-facing outreach/engagement materials on methodology and results.

The purpose of this request for expression of interest (‘ROI’) is to invite interested parties to register their interest with Environment Canterbury (ECan) for the above tasks.