… East Ayrshire Climate Change Strategy EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL COUNCIL – 24 JUNE 2021 EAST AYRSHIRE CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY Report by the Depute Chief Executive (Safer Communities) PURPOSE OF REPORT 1. To seek agreement of ambitious net zero targets for the Council and the wider East Ayrshire authority area; seek…
… approval of the Council’s first draft Climate Change Strategy, together with arrangements for engaging with our communities and key stakeholders to finalise the content of this plan and agree proposals in relation to the future governance arrangements to oversee the delivery of the Council’s net zero ambitions. RECOMMENDATIONS 2. Council is asked to: i) Note the work of the Member…
… Officer and Young People Working Group (MOWG) on Climate Change in developing the Climate Change Plan and agree to the proposed Climate Change Vision for East Ayrshire; ii) Agree to join the UK100 and endorse their Net Zero Local Leadership Pledge, which would commit the Council to the aim of reducing the council’s carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2030; and work with our residents and businesses…
… to bring our wider communities’ emissions in line with Net Zero as soon as possible (and by 2045 at the latest); iii) Approve the draft Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, for engagement and consultation with young people, communities, partners and business; iv) Building on the Council’s existing internal carbon reporting requirements, investigate the best way to measure and report…
… on the wider East Ayrshire area’s carbon emissions by 2022; v) Agree to appoint an Elected Member spokesperson to lead on Climate Change; vi) Agree that all Committee Reports should now include a new section that outlines the impact of the proposals on our Net Zero ambitions; vii) Approve the proposals for engagement with our key community and business stakeholders on the draft Climate Change…