Issue - meetings

The Executive Member for Environmental Sustainability presented the Climate Change Strategy. He said the Council had a living sustainable action plan in place and the new strategy added to the action plan but clearly laid out the council’s vision and approach.

Councillor McAndrew said that unlike other local authorities, East Herts’ strategy made it clear that the council was already putting actions in place and stated what actions were being put in place between now and 2030 to make the council carbon neutral by 2030. The public consultation received 35 respondents and some amendments had been made following the consultation. The report was presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 21 June 2022 and their comments were listed in Appendix B.

Councillor Haysey said the strategy was a thorough piece of works and thanked the Officers involved. She said that all councils in Hertfordshire were working closely together and all had the same ambitions and aspirations to deal with climate change.

Councillor McAndrew said that the respondents to the consultation were grateful to the council for listening and added that Officers had done an excellent job under difficult circumstances.

Councillor McAndrew proposed, and Councillor Goodeve seconded a motion supporting the recommendations in the report. On being put to the meeting and a vote taken, the motion was declared CARRIED.

RESOLVED –That the draft Climate Change Strategy 2022 – 2026, as amended be considered and recommend it to Council for approval.