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… Scottish Borders Council – 17 December 2020 CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN TIMELINE Report by Executive Director, Finance & Regulatory SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL 17 December 2020 1 PURPOSE AND SUMMARY 1.1 This report provides an update on the development of a Climate Change Action Plan and proposes a slightly amended timeline…
… for the delivery of the Plan. 1.2 At its meeting of 25 September 2020, Scottish Borders Council agreed a series of recommendations contained within the report ‘Responding to the Climate Emergency’. One of the recommendations agreed was that the Council set out a clear plan of action to reduce our carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases, such a plan to return to Council for consideration before the end…
… and reporting processes across climate change issues, and developing proposals for Council wide staff training and engagement. 1.4 It has emerged from this planning approach however, that the original March timescale cannot now be achieved. It is requested that in order to produce a robust strategic approach to the development of a net zero pathway within a Climate Change Action Plan…
…, that the timescale is extended by 3 months, with an Action Plan presented to Council in June 2021. 1.5 It should be emphasized that re-scheduling Council’s consideration of the Climate Action Plan does not inhibit Council’s ability to progress existing Climate Action. For example, the Energy Efficiency Programme continues to deliver carbon and cost savings through a programme of energy efficiency…
… and renewable energy retrofit. It does mean that the strategic overview of activity will be delayed in being brought before Council, but it is considered that the benefits in taking limited additional time to strengthen the Climate Action Plan meaningfully outweigh any deficits caused by the delay in presentation of the Plan. Scottish Borders Council – 17 December 2020 2 RECOMMENDATION 2.1…