Issue - decisions

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft SEAP at Annex 2 be approved.

REASON:      To enable the Council to submit the SEAP to the EU Covenant of Mayors team.

                        (ii)        That the significant actions required to deliver a 20% reduction in city-wide CO₂ emissions by 2020 be noted.

REASON:      To understand the scale of action required to achieve this reduction.

                        (iii)       That the proposed revisions to the Sustainable Development Board, and the formation of a renewable energy generation task and finish group, as set out in Annex 3, be approved.

REASON:      To ensure that the Council can take an enhanced leadership role installing and promoting renewable energy internally and across the City.

                        (iv)       That the risks of delivering the SEAP, specifically the risk of delivering such challenging city-wide targets that rely on limited existing staff and partnership working to achieve them.

REASON:      To highlight the ambition and challenge ahead in meeting the SEAP and CCFAP, where co-ordination of action and delivery of projects is on a city-wide scale.