… and Ecological Emergency Action Plan as set out in Appendix 2 to the report be adopted. Corporate Implications Legal: The declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency does not, in itself, bind the Council to any statutory duties to make its activities net-zero carbon by 2030. However, the UK government was the first major economy in the world to create legislation to achieve a net-zero…
… 2 term projects that have already been scoped are included for funding through the capital programme. In the medium term it needs to be recognised that implementing some of the possible measures that will be needed to achieve a net-zero carbon position by 2030 could have significant financial implications, as can be seen by those projects already set out in the capital programme…
… Potential impact on climate change and the environment The proposed action plan includes items that are specifically geared towards responding to the Climate and Ecological Emergency declared by the Council Contribution toward achieving a net-zero carbon position by 2030 The proposed action plan includes measures that will contribute to making the Council’s activities net-zero carbon…
… the Council’s activities net-zero carbon by 2030. The full text of the Declaration is set out in Appendix 1. 2.2 Plans to support this declaration need to be ambitious and far reaching in terms of long- term benefits and impact, whilst being instrumental in instigating changes to avoid ‘business as usual’ in the interim. 2.3 An internal Climate and Ecological Emergency Task Group has been…
… detailed action plans. 4. Financial Implications 4.1 Delivering actions to make the Council’s activities net-zero carbon by 2030 is a challenging agenda. The actions will be delivered through a combination of changes in policy and working practices, direct targeted investment in the Council’s operations, realising opportunities for more sustainable growth and development, encouraging…