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South Somerset District Council

… 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…

… 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…

… opportunities for employee engagement, for example using an app (Pawprint carbon footprint) to engage staff on climate actions. Consider as part of the new authority. Subject Matter Experts to advise on climate decisions across the new Authority Service Alignment and Improvement/ Environment Sub-group 1 Ensure subject matter experts are available to advise on climate-related decision-making…

… 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…