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East Renfrewshire Council to declare a climate emergency - Motion Submitted by Councillor Ireland and Bamforth - See Full Council 27/10/2021
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East Renfrewshire Council to declare a climate emergency - Motion Submitted by Councillor Ireland and Bamforth - See Full Council 27/10/2021 2 years, 5 months ago #1

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EAST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL

A meeting of the East Renfrewshire Council will be held on

Wednesday 27 October 2021 at 7.00 pm.

Agenda Item 5

5. Notices of Motion

Consider Notice of Motion in the following terms:-
East Renfrewshire Council recognises the immediacy of the current climate
emergency which needs urgent political action on a global scale to save the planet. and it is therefore imperative that East Renfrewshire Council declares a climate emergency.

The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, published on9th August 2021, starkly highlights the gravity and urgency of the situation.

Urgent action to minimise a global temperature increase and avert a catastrophic tipping point for the planet is needed by individuals, companies, local and national government.

As a local authority, both as a result of our direct activities and as a
consequence of our enabling and leadership role for our residents, we can play ahugely significant role.

We recognise and applaud the actions already taken by East Renfrewshire Council.

We note that a draft Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, originally suggested by the Audit and Scrutiny Committee, will soon be brought to Council for consideration.

We note that this is just one of a raft of measures underway, with
others including undertaking a baseline assessment of the council’s carbon
emissions, and a review of the actions needed to ensure the council’s office buildings will move towards being carbon neutral.

Our council performance in areas such as recycling is to be applauded.

As such we recognise and support the actions that we as a council are already taking.

This motion reaffirms the council’s commitment to these actions and to protecting our environment and is seeking to accelerate its plans to reduce carbon emissions to zero as soon as practicable. We ask Senior Officers of the Council to

• assess its resource requirements for tackling climate change as part of the
Budget Strategy process for 2021/22 and to investigate all possible sources of external funding and match funding to support this commitment in order thatthe necessary actions can be undertaken

• consider the development of climate change impact assessments to ensure
that all proposed policies and actions taken by the council assist towards
reaching the goal of zero emissions

• emphasise the importance of our biodiversity and natural environment and
encourage and support practices to enhance and sustain the farmed and
natural world;

• embed throughout our entire organisational culture the pursuit of measures to tackle climate change.

• review all policy and practice across our council directorates to identify ways in which we can move further and faster on carbon reduction measures;

• consider how we communicate with, encourage and assist local residents and
businesses to reduce their carbon footprint and to help achieve this we will set up a Climate Change Partnership Group, involving Councillors, residents,
young citizens, businesses and other relevant parties.

Finally this motion acknowledges that climate change impacts are already being felt within the local area. Due to past decades of carbon emissions, more frequent extreme weather events are inevitable.

The Council must plan for resilience and continue to work with partners across the City Region to ensure that we can flourish in our future climate.

Submitted by Councillor Ireland and Bamforth.
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