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RESOLVED
that:-
 
(a
)     Cabinet agree that
the Climate Change Action Plan 2024-26 is a key element of the
Council’s wider Environmental Policy Statement, which commits
the Council to strengthen the work being undertaken to maintain,
protect and enhance the environment through a broad range of
policies and activities, including active travel, nature recovery,
planning, procurement, public health/disease control and general
environmental services provision;
 
(b
)     Cabinet agree that
the Climate Change Action Plan will include a focus on greenhouse
gas reduction and climate change resilience through nature in
collaboration with the Council’s strategies for wider ecology
and biodiversity issues;
 
(c
)     Cabinet agree to
restate the Carbon Neutral target for the county by 2030 and
clarify that it refers to carbon dioxide only;
 
(d
)     Cabinet agree a new
target to work with Government and other key stakeholders to
achieve net-zero for all greenhouse gases for the county of
Northumberland by 2040, a strategy for which will be developed as
part of the new Climate Change Action Plan 2024-26;
 
(e
)     Cabinet agree that
the local and regional adaptation response to the risks and impacts
of a changing climate be included in the Climate Change Action Plan
2024-26;
 
(f
)      Cabinet agree
a new target to become a carbon neutral organisation by 2030, a
strategy for which will be developed as part of the new Climate
Change Action Plan 2024-26;
 
(g
)     Cabinet agree that
the scope of the Climate Change Action Plan 2024-26 continues to
only include direct, territorial emissions (i.e. those produced in
Northumberland) as its focus for projects but that it should do
more to raise awareness amongst stakeholders of scope 3 (indirect)
emissions (i.e. those produced outside of Northumberland) and how
they can be reduced; and
 
(h
)     Cabinet agree the
core structure of the Climate Change Action Plan 2024-26 including
a commitment to set out a strategy for planning in relation to the
climate change targets.