… Item 09 Climate Change Strategy and Net Zero Targets CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL Report to Council Date of Meeting: 11 August 2022 Subject: Climate Change Strategy and Net Zero Targets Report by: Strategic Director (Place) 1.0 Purpose 1.1. On Thursday 19th August 2021, Clackmannanshire Council unanimously passed…
… a motion declaring a climate emergency, recognised that climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing communities in Clackmannanshire and agreed to develop a comprehensive Climate Change Strategy that will deliver a framework to ensure that all strategic decisions, budgets and approaches to planning decisions are in line with a shift to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. 1.2…
…. This report sets out key recommendations for climate change mitigation and adaptation and a comprehensive review of Clackmannanshire Council’s Climate Change Strategy. 2.0 Recommendations 2.1. It is recommended that Council agrees to : 2.1.1 Set a target for the Council’s own operations to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 at the latest and set interim targets leading up to 2040…
…. 2.1.2 Set a target for the Clackmannanshire area to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 at the latest. 2.1.3 Establish an internal Climate Emergency Board and approve the terms of reference that is set out in Appendix B. 2.1.4 Establish community-focused Climate Change Forums, in line with the Council’s Decision making framework, and approve the terms of reference that is set out…
… ON THE AGENDA 187 3.0 Considerations Statutory Considerations 3.1. The UK and Scottish Governments have both set legally-binding targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, under the 2019 amendment of the 2008 Climate Change Act, and 2045, under the Scottish Government’s Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019, respectively. 3.2. The Climate Change…