Issue - meetings

The Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Environment and Transport which sought views on the reallocation of the £2m carbon reduction reserve and to change the focus of the activities delivered under the Net Zero Action Plan, as requested by the Leader of the Council.  A copy of the report, marked ‘Agenda Item 10’, is filed with these minutes.

Comments have been received from Mrs. D. Taylor CC and are attached to these minutes.

Members agreed with the reallocation of funding to assist with flooding due to the threat it posed to local communities, and commented that if investment continued to be made in Net Zero, it would be difficult to see the impact that this would have on the climate.

RESOLVED:

a)    That the reallocation of £2m from the earmarked reserve for carbon reduction work to flooding mitigation initiatives and to adapting services towards mitigating the impacts of severe weather events be approved;

b)    That support be given to a change of focus in the activities delivered under the Net Zero Action Plan from carbon reduction to:

i.               Climate adaptation and responding to severe weather events

ii.              Projects that deliver financial savings

iii.             Projects that deliver additional social, economic or environmental benefits, in support of the Council’s Strategic outcomes.

(KEY DECISION)

REASON FOR DECISION

The Leader of the Council has requested the opportunity to reconsider the allocation of the earmarked reserve and change in focus of activity under the Net Zero Action Plan.