Decision details

Resolved

(1)            That the following motion, as amended, be adopted:

Cherwell District Council calls on the Leader to:

1. Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’;

2. Pledge to make Cherwell District Council carbon neutral by 2030, taking into account both production and consumption emissions;

3. Call on Westminster to provide the powers and resources to make the 2030 target possible;

4. Continue to work with partners across the Cherwell and region to deliver this new goal through all relevant strategies;

5. Endorse the cross party position taken by LGA, in particular to call on HMG to explore supporting domestic implementation of Sustainable Development Goals through funded partnership roles within each local authority area;

6. Report to Council within six months with the actions the Council will take to address this emergency.