Issue - meetings

The Climate Change Action Plan supports the York Climate Change Strategy and sets out the actions to be taken to reduce emissions and improve climate resilience in York. This report presents the updated Action Plan for 2024.

Resolved: That the Executive Member approved the refreshed Climate Change Action Plan and revert to biennial updates of the plan.

Reason: The updated action plan is more in-line with current Council actions and those that can be achieved in the next few years. The updated Action Plan covers both mitigation and adaptation actions, providing a more comprehensive reflection of activity to support our climate change objectives.

A biennial update reduces the resource requirements on the team and will allow for a more detailed revision, with full consultation and continuous improvement of the Action Plan.

The Head of Carbon Reduction presented the report and noted that the Climate Change Action Plan was due to be refreshed this year, and that 28 actions from the previous plan had been recorded as completed.

The Executive Member noted that within the plan the highlighting of the importance of carbon reduction in being moved under a sole directorate was a positive step, and the Head of Carbon Reduction noted that collaboration between council services and partners was a positive step in ensuring carbon reduction was a shared issue.

Resolved: That the Executive Member approved the refreshed Climate Change Action Plan and revert to biennial updates of the plan.

Reason: The updated action plan is more in-line with current Council actions and those that can be achieved in the next few years. The updated Action Plan covers both mitigation and adaptation actions, providing a more comprehensive reflection of activity to support our climate change objectives.

A biennial update reduces the resource requirements on the team and will allow for a more detailed revision, with full consultation and continuous improvement of the Action Plan.