Decision details
Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan towards a Climate Change Strategy for the City
Decision Maker: Executive - for meetings from 03/06/00 to 26/04/11
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Review report will recommend how we can draw
up a climate change strategy for the city including refined council
purchasing policy (e.g. helping local businesses), encouraging
innovation (e.g. new types of road surface), implementing the SPG
on sustainable development, reduced energy consumption (e.g. street
lighting refinements), energy conservation improvements in
buildings (e.g. including high standards at all new council
buildings), stimulating the use of environmentally friendly
transport as well as embedding the council's Enmvironmental
Management System and Green Travel Plan arrangements in all
departments
Decision:
RESOLVED:(i) That the Environmental Sustainability and Action Plan towards a Climate Change Strategy and the Environmental Policy statement be endorsed as a useful basis on which to develop a further report which should address the following issues:
a) required actions;
b) possible milestones;
c) practicality;
d) costs and resourcing streams;
(ii) That, in producing a refined strategy, officers be requested to show clearly the following:
a) enablers indicating the percentage of the total target that each will achieve;
b) further detail on the “City” (Local Strategic Partnership) component of the strategy;
c) a consultation, resident education and public engagement programme.
REASON:To provide a basis for future action in environmental sustainability for the Council and for its Environmental Management System (EMS).
Publication date: 11/09/2007
Date of decision: 11/09/2007
Decided at meeting: 11/09/2007 - Executive - for meetings from 03/06/00 to 26/04/11
Effective from: 14/09/2007
Accompanying Documents:
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