Including the closely related term climate emergency.
… Climate Change Action Plan 2022-2024 1 Derby City Council’s Climate Change Action Plan 2022 – 2024 Achieving net zero by 2035 Foreword Derby City Council declared a climate emergency in May 2019. This was in response to the global impacts of Climate Change and the consequences for our city and our residents. We have all started…
… action to tackle our declared climate emergency. Where are we now? Climate change is the “the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced” 1. In 2019, Derby City Council declared a climate emergency in recognition of the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and safeguard our climate from heating by more than 1.5°C (compared to pre-industrial levels). The Council…
… and the city’s emerging Climate Change Strategy. Our plan also includes several areas that fall into the third ring (C) that are needed to tell the story of how the Council helps to shape out city. It should be acknowledged that these emissions contribute to the City’s overall carbon emissions and not the Councils, so we will deal with these areas differently when we come to review our progress. We…
…. The Council Constitution sets rules of the relationship between the Council, Councillors and residents. The Articles of the Constitution set out roles and responsibilities for Councillors and how decisions are made. Tackling the Climate Emergency will be a key part of our activity for the next decade and beyond, so we need to reflect this in our Council Constitution. We will monitor our progress…
… / Cost Implications RAG Status Outputs, outcomes and benefits Lead Service Priority (1 - 5) 2.4c Undertake a constitutional review to embed the Climate Emergency within the Council’s Constitution, and to ensure it is reflected in decision-making and Overview and Scrutiny arrangements September 2022 Internal delivery as part of service management AMBER Ensure the Climate…