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11.1

The Committee Climate
Statements:
 

1.    
Respond to the Annual Climate Progress Report
2022/23 in a timely manner.
 

2.    
Restate the cross-party council commitment to taking
what action we can to address the climate emergency, adapt our city
and council for a changing climate and reduce emissions to achieve
our ambition to be a net zero city and council by 2030.
 

3.    
Increase understanding of the impact climate change
will have on committees, the opportunities that tackling climate
change offers, and the contribution to climate and net zero action
each committee is currently making and needs to make moving
forward.

 

 

11.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That the Waste and Street
Scene Policy Committee considers and agrees their respective
Climate Statement to ensure that the proposed actions contained in
such statement are reflected in their Work Programme.

 

 

11.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

11.3.1

It is important that the
response to the Annual Climate Progress Report is open and
transparent in setting out the challenges which the local authority
faces in making progress and clarifies future expectations on the
part we all have to play in addressing
climate change.

 

 

11.3.2

Committee do not currently have
specific strategic goals for climate. The process required to
develop these, and have the statements approved to be read at each
committee meeting meant that option 5.2 was not feasible with the
available resource and timeframe.

 

 

11.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

 

 

11.4.1

Not providing committee climate
statements considered due to the resource required to
collate.

 

 

11.4.2

Providing more detailed
Committee Climate Statements that provided an overview of strategic
climate goals, with each Chair then reading the committees
statement publicly at their respective committee meeting following
release of the report.