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Chelmsford City Council

… declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency to focus attention on reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in the area and to plan for a more sustainable future. 2. Climate and Ecological Emergency Declaration 2.1 The Council declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency at Council on 16 July 2019. Essentially this Declaration represents a commitment to take appropriate action to make…

… policies to cut emissions also have associated health, wellbeing and economic benefits; That a growing number of UK local authorities have already passed 'Climate Emergency' motions. Council therefore resolves to: o Declare a ‘Climate and Ecological Emergency’ that requires urgent action to make the Council’s activities net-zero carbon by 2030; o Achieve 100% low carbon energy across…

… Chelmsford City Council embed this work in all areas and take responsibility for reducing, as rapidly as possible, the carbon emissions resulting from the Council’s own activities; o Ensure that any recommendations are fully costed and that the Executive and Overview & Scrutiny bodies regularly review Council activities, taking account of production and consumption emissions, and produce…

…’ position Coordinator: Richard Bishop Target to achieve Progress a. Establish an agreed definition of ‘net-zero carbon’ Net-zero carbon is commonly described as ‘achieving a state in which the activities within an organisation or place result in no net impact on the climate from greenhouse gas emissions It is proposed to adopt the Carbon Trust definition of a net-zero company…

…) Establishing a ‘green investment fund’ to support the Council’s environment plan Coordinator: Alison Chessell Target to achieve Progress a. Create a new ‘zero carbon communities’ grant scheme where local communities can bid for funding for initiatives that will help them lower carbon emissions in their area New Community Funding Scheme launched in October 2019. ‘Our Plan’ themes [fairer…