ROH §6-68.2
What the climate resiliency fund is for
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section explains the purposes of the climate resiliency fund. The money can be used to prepare for and reduce the effects of climate change, protect against floods, teach residents about climate change, and protect people, the economy, and nature for the future. It also limits how much can be spent on education.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Purpose
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The purpose of the climate resiliency fund is to:
(1) Finance preventive, ameliorative, and educational measures relating to experienced and anticipated effects of climate change;
(2) Enhance the resiliency of the city to climate change impacts, including investments in green infrastructure, indigenous knowledge-informed solutions, invasive species prevention and control, renewable energy, and coastal protection measures;
(3) Mitigate experienced and potential flood impacts of climate change by financing the construction, repair, and maintenance of city-owned or city-controlled waterways, wetlands, streams, drainageways, channels, and water systems;
(4) Educate city residents about experienced and anticipated impacts of climate change and the importance of resilience, to foster a community-wide understanding of and response to this global challenge; provided that no more than 5 percent of the moneys deposited into the climate resiliency fund in the previous year may be used for education-related activities; and
(5) Safeguard the city’s residents, economy, and natural environment against climate change impacts for future generations.
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