44 Dorset Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy - Progress report Autumn 2022 PDF 632 KB
To consider a report of the Sustainability Team Manager.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Sustainability Team Manager introduced the progress
report and gave a presentation which is attached to these minutes. Key areas of
progress included the public sector decarbonisation scheme, developing climate
and ecological branding, webpage development, communications support, and
partner engagement. The next steps included a refresh of the climate and
ecological strategy and action plan.
The Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel, and Environment
felt that this was some of the best climate and ecological work done by
councils and it was something to be proud of.
The committee reviewed the progress report and asked
questions of the officers and portfolio holder. During the discussion, the
following points were raised:
The Chairman asked to receive further information on how the
failure to receive grant applications and the loss of experienced officers
would impact on achieving the carbon neutral target.
The Chairman asked for the review on tree planting
opportunities to be progressed earlier than planned.