In a major new report for the Helen Clark Foundation, Kali Mercier writes on the importance of designing cities to be more absorbent of rainfall. Called the “spongy cities” approach, it is becoming even more important as more extreme rainfall events impact our towns and cities. Our hard stormwater infrastructure cannot do the whole job. Nature-based solutions are a very important part of making our cities more resilient to the climate crisis. Read the report here, and also see this article by the New Zealand Herald’s science reporter, Jamie Morton: link. Many thanks to WSP NZ for their support for this Helen Clark Foundation work.