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10.1

The
Housing Decarbonisation Manager introduced the report which aimed
to present the Council’s Housing Policy Committee Climate
Statement for consideration by the Housing Policy to ensure that
the proposed actions are reflected in the work programme of the
committee. The Housing Policy Committee climate statement seeks
to:
 

1.    
Respond to the Annual Climate Progress Report
2022/23 in a timely manner.

2.    
Restate the cross-party council commitment to taking
what action we can to address the climate emergency, adapt our city
and council for a changing climate and reduce emissions to achieve
our ambition to be a net zero city and council by
2030.

3.     
Increase understanding of the impact climate change
will have on committees, the opportunities that tackling climate
change offers, and the contribution to climate and net zero action
each committee is currently making and needs to make moving
forward.

10.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That
the Housing Policy Committee:-
 

1.    
Consider the Statement of Climate Commitments
relevant to the Housing Policy Committee and note the contents of
the report.
2.    
Note that the Statement of Climate Commitments
should form a part of all decisions coming to the committee as part
of its duty to consider the climate impact of individual
decisions.
3.    
Request that a report is brought back to the June
meeting on the progress of the delivery of the Statement of Climate
Commitment’s and a presentation of what additional items are
required to meet the Statement of Climate
Commitments.

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.