Agenda item

10.1

Members considered a report of the Executive Director of City Futures seeking endorsement of the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee’s Climate Statement.

10.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee:-

Agrees their committee climate statement and to ensuring that the proposed actions contained in such statement are reflected in their Work Programme.

10.3

Reasons for Decision

10.3.1

It is important that the response to the Annual Climate Progress Report is open and transparent in setting out the challenges which the local authority faces in making progress and clarifies future expectations on the part we all have to play in addressing climate change.

10.3.2

Committee do not currently have specific strategic goals for climate. The process required to develop these, and have the statements approved to be read at each committee meeting meant that option 5.2 was not feasible with the available resource and timeframe.

10.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

10.4.1

Not providing committee climate statements considered due to the resource required to collate.

10.4.2

Providing more detailed Committee Climate Statements that provided an overview of strategic climate goals, with each Chair then reading the committees statement publicly at their respective committee meeting following release of the report.

10.1

Members considered a report of the Executive Director of City Futures seeking endorsement of the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee’s Climate Statement.

10.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee:-

Agrees their committee climate statement and to ensuring that the proposed actions contained in such statement are reflected in their Work Programme.

10.3

Reasons for Decision

10.3.1

It is important that the response to the Annual Climate Progress Report is open and transparent in setting out the challenges which the local authority faces in making progress and clarifies future expectations on the part we all have to play in addressing climate change.

10.3.2

Committee do not currently have specific strategic goals for climate. The process required to develop these, and have the statements approved to be read at each committee meeting meant that option 5.2 was not feasible with the available resource and timeframe.

10.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

10.4.1

Not providing committee climate statements considered due to the resource required to collate.

10.4.2

Providing more detailed Committee Climate Statements that provided an overview of strategic climate goals, with each Chair then reading the committees statement publicly at their respective committee meeting following release of the report.