Decision details

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the Climate Change Delivery Plan, which details the Council’s climate related activities for the financial year 2024/25 be approved for implementation.

2.   That the commitment within the Asset Management Strategy regarding the use of capital receipts - to reinvest capital receipts, secured through the disposals programme, into the land and property estate to fund maintenance, decarbonisation and investment activity be endorsed.

3.   That authority be delegated to the Service Director – Corporate, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Planning and the Environment, to make amendments to the Climate Change Delivery Plan between formal review periods to optimise operational effectiveness.

REASONS FOR DECISIONS

1.   In July 2019, Chesterfield Borough Council declared a Climate Emergency. As part of the declaration, CBC made a commitment to become a carbon neutral organisation by 2030 and to support the wider borough to become carbon neutral by 2050.

2.   The Council’s initial Climate Change Action Plan (2019-23) is now complete, and the subsequent Climate Change Strategy 2023-2030 and accompanying delivery plans provide a framework for the Council to reach its corporate commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and take steps to support the wider Borough to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 as required by government.