Agenda item

(a)  That SBC sign up to the Climate Local Commitment (Appendix A).

(b)  That the Council’s Commitments to climate change mitigation and adaptation be developed by the Carbon Management Board and Climate Change Partnership Delivery Group and that their proposals be considered by Members in due course.

(c)  That clear and measurable actions in a climate change action plan are set out and published on the Council’s website and LGA website with 6 months of signing up to Climate Local.

(d)  That progress on climate change actions be reported annually and published on the Council’s website.

The Commissioner for Environment & Open Spaces and Strategic Lead for Planning Policy introduced a report seeking agreement for the Council to sign up to the Climate Local Commitment.

The Cabinet were informed that Climate Local succeeded the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change which the Council had signed in August 2009, and it offered a framework that could reflect local priorities and opportunities for action both to reduce carbon emissions and improve resilience.  Signing Climate Local would commit the Council to set out the further actions it would take locally and publish progress reports on an annual basis.  Members discussed some of the actions taken by the Council in recent years as part of the Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan and commented on the current My Electric Avenue initiative which would trial the use of electronic cars.  Members expressed their interest in participating in any future extension of this scheme and offered to assist with the promotion of the neighbourhood trial.  After due consideration, the Cabinet agreed to sign the Climate Local Commitment.

Resolved –

(a)  That SBC sign up to the Climate Local Commitment (Appendix A).

(b)  That the Council’s Commitments to climate change mitigation and adaptation be developed by the Carbon Management Board and Climate Change Partnership Delivery Group and that their proposals be considered by Members in due course.

(c)  That clear and measurable actions in a climate change action plan are set out and published on the Council’s website and LGA website with 6 months of signing up to Climate Local.

(d)  That progress on climate change actions be reported annually and published on the Council’s website.