Purpose

On 13th October 2022 Cabinet approved the
draft Sustainable Futures Strategy and the commencement of a public
and stakeholder engagement programme prior to bringing a draft
final back in Spring 2023 which is the subject of this
item.

Decision

Resolved
 
That Cabinet:

1)   
Acknowledges the progress made since
the approval for engagement of the draft Sustainable Futures
Strategy in October 2022 and the stakeholder feedback summarised in
Section 2 and Appendix 1;

2)   
Supports the establishment of theme
based expert panels drawn from industry and Warwickshire
communities to enable production of a final strategy and action
plan; and
3)   
Requests that the draft strategy be
considered by Overview and Scrutiny Committees in September, and
the Members’ Climate Emergency Group on 20September for comment and any recommendations
before consideration of the final Sustainable Futures Strategy and
supporting action plan by Cabinet.