Agenda item

The Chairman invited Cllr Liz Green and Grace Abel (Programme Manager, Productivity) to introduce the report.

Cllr Green drew members attention to the climate change related improvement activity carried out by the LGA in Tables 1 and 2 of the report and praised officers for the progress that had been made in such a short time. She also said that since the report had been written, 4 broad goals had been announced for COP 26 – mitigation, adaptation, finance and collaboration. The LGA would be promoting these goals and incorporating them into its work.

Grace asked for members’ input on two issues:

1.     To promote the new greenhouse gas accounting tool for local authorities -  a free tool for all councils to measure their own council's carbon emissions.

2.     To share any best practice examples from their local authorities that could be showcased at COP 26. (please e-mail climate@lga.gov.uk)

The Chairman welcomed the accounting tool in particular, and suggested that it could be advertised in a banner at the bottom of LGA emails. Dennis Skinner promised that they would look into this.

Decision

Improvement and Innovation Board:

1)    Noted the update on the actions taken under the LGA’s Sector Led improvement Climate Change Programme in 2020/21;

2)    Supported the proposals for the 2021/22 financial year;

3)    Noted the LGA’s role in the United Nations climate change conference COP26.