Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor S Pickering, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Place.

RESOLVED -

(1)            That Cabinet agreed that the Climate Change Strategy reflects the current Council Plan’s vision and priorities in a concise and clear manner.

(2)            That Cabinet agreed the updated Climate Change Strategy title ‘Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ better reflects the Council’s commitment to sustainable thinking.

(3)            Cabinet noted that the monitoring approach on Climate Change now aligns with Government guidelines to aid transparency and cohesiveness.

(4)            That Cabinet approved the updated Climate Change Strategy and agreed for it to be published on the Council’s website.

REASONS FOR DECISION – To display the Council’s approach on tackling Climate Change and enable the Council to be more sustainable.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED - Alternative options were not considered appropriate as the aim of the refresh was to align the Strategy with the Council Plan 2023/27.

Please note that this was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.

The report to Cabinet gave Members an overview of the draft Climate Change Strategy.

Cabinet heard how the original Climate Change Strategy was published in 2019 and revised in 2022. With Council approving the new Council Plan 2023-27, a refresh had taken place to re-align the current Strategy with the new Council Plan.

The report invited Members to consider if the draft Strategy reflected the current Council Plan’s vision and priorities in a concise and clear manner, if the updated Strategy title better reflected the Council’s commitment to sustainable thinking, and if the monitoring approach now aligned with Government guidelines to aid

transparency and cohesiveness. Members agreed that all three of these aims had been met in the draft Strategy.

Members agreed to add a resolution to approve the Strategy and emphasise the Council’s commitment to it, which would read: “That Cabinet approved the updated Climate Change Strategy and agreed for it to be published on the Council’s website.”

RESOLVED -

(1)            That Cabinet agreed that the Climate Change Strategy reflects the current Council Plan’s vision and priorities in a concise and clear manner.

(2)            That Cabinet agreed the updated Climate Change Strategy title ‘Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ better reflects the Council’s commitment to sustainable thinking.

(3)            Cabinet noted that the monitoring approach on Climate Change now aligns with Government guidelines to aid transparency and cohesiveness.

(4)            That Cabinet approved the updated Climate Change Strategy and agreed for it to be published on the Council’s website.

REASONS FOR DECISION – To display the Council’s approach on tackling Climate Change and enable the Council to be more sustainable.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED - Alternative options were not considered appropriate as the aim of the refresh was to align the Strategy with the Council Plan 2023/27.