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Councils around New Zealand and government bodies around the world are declaring climate emergencies, largely in response to student protests (e.g., #FridaysForFuture #SchoolStrike4Climate #SS4C etc). It is interesting to  watch the process and asking what do the declarations mean ? A second interesting point is whether the declaration of emergencies will begin to extend to issues beyond climate change, and perhaps beyond the environment. New Zealand's first declaration, in Christchurch followed this pattern, but others so far have not. It seems useful to compile the proposed and final declarations from from different bodies. I've started with those underway during the writing of this blog – Hutt City and its community boards. Two of the latter, Petone and Eastbourne, will be strongly challenged to cope with sea level rise, however resolutions focus largely on emissions. Curiously, the Eastbourne and Wainuiomata proposed declarations focus on 'integration' and 'audi