Martin De Ruyter/Stuff Nelson’s main library, the Elma Turner Library, right, on the banks of the Maitai River, with the city council’s main office block (with clock tower) next to it. Public submissions on a proposal to replace the library with a new $44m one next door, close on April 21. Should a proposal to build a new library next to Nelson’s largest river wait, until the country has a plan for adapting to the risks of climate change? Climate Commissioner James Renwick said that was up to the community and Nelson City Council to decide. But what the plan was for dealing with climate-related flooding in Nelson’s downtown area surrounding the proposed library, was the “real question”, he said.