Including the closely related terms climate change, climate change, and climate.
… this subject. Planning: Support the planning team in producing Climate Change Guidance document and checklist for developers as part of the planning process Support the planning team in producing a Climate Guidance document to support the planning process. To include creating a planning checklist for climate change. Procurement: Embed environmental decision making into the procurement system…
… initial training to a select group of staff provided by a specialist climate change training company (CAT). Roll out a toolkit or knowledge share/ lunch and learn sessions to disseminate information to wider teams. This will allow service areas to discuss positive actions for each team. Business engagement regarding the climate emergency Undertake business engagement to feed from the outputs…
… and create planning guidance for climate for the new authority (e.g., a Supplementary Planning Document for Climate or a Climate Change checklist etc.). This may form part of a Local Plan review for the new authority and should be a high priority. Employee engagement on Climate Action, including carbon literacy training Service Alignment and Improvement/ Environment Sub-group 1 Consider…
… Introduction A welcome from our Environment Portfolio Holder, Councillor Sarah Dyke to the South Somerset District Council Environment Action Plan 2022-23. In May 2019 we formally recognised a climate and ecological emergency and in October of that year we adopted an environment strategy that set ambitious targets to protect & conserve the environment and ecology. Sitting behind…
… initial plan, we have also supported the production of the countywide Somerset Climate Emergency Strategy & County EV Charging Strategy. For this year the environment is a top area of focus within our Council Plan and is already embedded as a priority project that sets targets to keep South Somerset clean, green, and attractive, with targeted improvements where we have identified them…