Issue - decisions

Peterborough City Council's Response to the Climate Emergency 2021

23/02/2021 - Peterborough City Council's Response to the Climate Emergency 2021 - FEB21/CAB/80

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED to:  

  1. Endorse the Council’s Carbon Management Action Plan (CMAP) and recommends to Council that it adopts the Council-CMAP at its meeting on 3 March 2021.  
  2. Note the Council’s intention to commence a period of public engagement to ascertain actions that should be included within a City-wide Carbon Management Action Plan which will be presented to Council by December 2021.  
  3. Support the work of the Climate Change Cross Party Working Group to identify mechanisms to enable the Council to significantly increase tree canopy cover across the city over the next ten years and to present detailed proposals within a maximum 12 months detailing how this can be achieved.    
  4. Recommend to Council that delegation be given to the Executive Director for Place and Economy to undertake any presentational, factual or other minor amendments to the documents associated with this report prior to publication, provided such amendments do not materially amend the content of the documents.  
  5. Approve the use of earmarked reserves set up in the 2021 Budget to fund £100,000 of project support for climate change initiatives.