Agenda

Venue: Committee Room

Contact: Christine Lewis 

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome from Chair, Cllr Steve Norman and recording of attendance

2.

To comment on and to agree the Objectives, Desired Outcomes and Terms of Reference as in the draft Subject Scoping document provided by the Chair pdf icon PDF 239 KB

Background: At their meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the 18th of November members agreed that a Task and Finish Group should be convened to ensure the Council has a published plan to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.  This follows the Council’s resolution on the 10th of December 2019:

‘Lichfield District Council recognises that a climate change emergency exists and in consequence, resolves to take this into account as a factor in future decisions of the Council and accepts that specific actions are necessary and therefore resolves that it will:

·         Support the Government’s target of Net Zero Carbon Emission by 2050

·         Actively consider investment in green technologies

·         Ensure that, where appropriate, decisions made by the Council consider Environmental Impact

·         Ask an Overview & Scrutiny Committee to investigate initiatives that will reduce our impact on the environment

·         Name a specific Cabinet member for Climate Change’

 

3.

To discuss and agree the stages (timetable) of a work programme for the Task Group and the date and agenda for the next meeting

4.

Any other issues not covered in the discussion above