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It was
resolved:

·      
To
accept the report, noting the observations made during the discussion.

·      
That
the Committee welcomed the intention to revisit the Council's ambition to be
Net Zero Carbon by 2030.

·      
To
recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that:

Ø 
the
successes and work carried out to deliver the Plan should be communicated to
the public.

Ø 
the
use of open questions in public consultations needed to be increased in order to receive responses that would enrich the
information available to inform future direction.

Ø 
consideration
should be given to modifying the following wording: “... we will continue to
reduce our emissions over the next few decades until we reach the net zero
target ' (Page 6, Climate and Nature Emergency Plan, Version 2), in order to be more ambitious in meeting the target.