Including 4 closely related terms such as environmental, environment, and environmental emergency.
… that in July last year, PBC declared a Climate Emergency, joining over 200 other councils in committing to take local action on climate change: ‘Pendle Borough Council recognises that the world is in the midst of a climate and environmental emergency and that action is required at all levels of Government – local, national and international – in order to protect our planet for future generations…
… AGENDA ITEM 1 REPORT OF: CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO: POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE DATES: 19 MARCH 2020 Contact Details: Gill Dickson Tel. No: 661361 E-mail: gill.dickson@pendle.gov.uk CLIMATE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN PURPOSE OF REPORT To outline…
… progress to date on the Climate Emergency Declaration and inform Policy and Resources Committee on the Council’s Climate Emergency Action Plan (Appendix 1). RECOMMENDATION To endorse the Council’s Climate Emergency Action Plan. REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION To aid delivery of the Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration. Introduction 1. Policy and Resources Committee will recall…
…. Council further notes that many Councils throughout the United Kingdom were declaring a climate emergency and resolving to take action to help to tackle this existential crisis. It therefore resolves: (1) To declare a climate emergency in the Borough of Pendle. (2) To set up an all-party member and officer working group to research what actions other Councils were taking; to take evidence…
… within six months with the aim of taking the lead and making Pendle Council and its arms- length bodies carbon-neutral by 2030 and for working for Pendle as a whole to be carbon neutral by 2030 or as soon as possible thereafter. (3) To audit and review the local development plan as part of this process and to include a climate emergency audit and statement as part of all significant new Council…