Issue - meetings

The Deputy Chief Executive to present a report which provides an update on the council’s work to reduce emissions at a city level, identifying activities that relate the council’s own carbon emissions and those with a wider impact on carbon use across the city.

Resolved:  That the update be noted.

Reason:     To confirm that Members have been informed of current progress in respect of carbon reduction activities.

Members considered a report which provided an update on the council’s work to reduce emissions at a city level following the declaration of a Climate Emergency by Full Council in March 2019.

The report set out actions taken in response to the requests made by Executive when they received their last update, in August 2019.  These had included:

·        Council approving in December 2019 a recommendation to re-state the city’s commitment to the Covenant of Mayors;

·        Investment of £384k in developing and co-ordinating a climate action plan, plus additional funding in the budget for work relating to carbon reduction across council work areas;

·        Recruitment to a new Carbon Reduction team to co-ordinate work across the council and engage with the whole city;

·        Plans for the Carbon Reduction team to consider participation in the UK Climate Emergency Cities network and engage with the Local Government Association Climate Emergency Task and Finish Group.

·        Plans to bring further reports to Executive and Executive Members (including the next two items on this agenda), as listed in paragraph 5e.

·        Preparation of a public facing and accessible update, attached as Annex A to the report, summarising work under way, areas of future work and actions for residents to consider to help deliver the zero carbon target for the city.

The Executive Member for Environment & Climate Change thanked officers for the work they had put in and, having noted the Labour Group’s comments on this item, it was

Resolved:  That the update be noted.

Reason:     To confirm that Members have been informed of current progress in respect of carbon reduction activities.