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11.

 
 
11.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.3
 
11.3.1
 
 
 
 
11.3.2
 
 
 
 
11.4
 
11.4.1
 
 
11.4.2
 
 
 

EDUCATION, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE CLIMATE
STATEMENT
 
The Committee considered a
report of the Strategic Director of Children’s Services which
aimed to do the following:
 
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.
 
RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That the
Education, Children and Families Policy Committee:
 
(a) 
consider and, if not previously agreed, agree (with or without
amendments) their respective statement to ensure that the proposed
actions contained in such statement are reflected in their Work
Programme.
 
Reasons for Decision
 
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.
 
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.
 
Alternatives Considered and Rejected
 
Not providing committee climate statements
considered due to the resource required to collate.
 
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.