Issue - meetings

Following the Climate Change Declaration in June 2019, to receive information discussed at the Cabinet meeting on 19^th December outlining decisions and plans to reduce carbon emissions.

The Committee had before it and NOTED a *report of the Group Manager for Corporate Property and Commercial Assets updating it on the Carbon Footprint Baseline.

Members discussed carbon offsetting and the definition of this.

Note: *Report previously circulated and attached to the minutes.

To receive a report of the Group Manager for Corporate Property and Commercial Assets providing Members with the results of the Carbon Footprint exercise for the Council’s operational activities and to provide an overview of areas that we can control and guide, this will assist the Council to become carbon neutral by 2030.

The Cabinet had before it a * report of the Group Manager for Corporate Property and Commercial Assets providing Members with the results of the Carbon Footprint exercise for the Council’s operational activities and to provide an overview of areas that it could control and guide, which would assist the Council to become carbon neutral by 2030.

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Property Services outlined the contents of the report stating that the Council had declared a Climate Emergency in the summers and that as part of that commitment it had agreed to produce a carbon footprint baseline.  The report outlined the results of the carbon baseline work and gave options to reduce the footprint, he added that this was just the start of the work that would take place.

Consideration was given to:

·         Whether the fuel use of elected members could be added to table 1

·         The use of reserves for funding, with the Deputy Chief Executive (S151) explaining the use of ear marked reserves for certain projects

·         Liaison with town and parish councils with regard to informing local residents and local groups

·         The details within annex C of the report

·         The need to encourage the use of teleconferencing

RESOLVED that Carbon Emissions Baseline figure be noted.

(Proposed by the Chairman)

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.