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10.1

The committee
considered a report of the Executive Director for City Futures
seeking endorsement of the Economic Development and Skills Policy
Committee’s Climate Statement.

 

 

10.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That the Economic
Development and Skills Policy Committee:-
 

a)   
consider and agree the committee climate statement to ensure that
the proposed actions contained within are reflected in their Work
Programme.

b)   
agree to the development of a monitoring process which will be
presented to Committee for consideration in June 2024.

c)   
review what other measures could be used to support
or encourage further reduction in emissions from business and
industry

 

 

10.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

10.3.1

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.

10.3.2

Committee does 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.

 

 

10.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

 

 

10.4.1

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

10.4.2

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.