Item 4 - Climate Change Policy (E12/19)

Summary: 
 
This report alerts the Executive to discussions at the Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) concerning action on climate change. These discussions have sought to address the growing desire of Member authorities to increase their activity individually and collectively to address concerns surrounding climate change where a majority of London boroughs have announced climate emergencies.TEC is developing a programme of proposed work that will support action on climate change and take forward related components of London Councils Pledges to Londoners. TEC is able to fund this work from within its own resources and members of TEC wish to do so. However, climate change related activities are currently outside TEC’s authority.This paper seeks an in-principle decision from the Executive that a report should go to Leaders’ Committee in December requesting that this work should be undertaken.
Recommendations: 
 
The Executive therefore is asked to:
• Take a view on the proposals for further action on climate change being proposed by the Transport and Environment Committee; offer any further advice and decide whether or not to agree in principle to this work being undertaken;
• Note that a report will be taken to Leaders’ Committee on  3 December 2019 for discussion and agreement if the in-principle decision at Executive is one of support for this proposed activity.

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