Issue - meetings
Meeting: 03/12/2019 - Environment and Community Panel (Item 59)
59 Climate Change Update 
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Additional documents:
- ADEPT 2019, item 59
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- Climate Change Work Plan 2019 to 2020, item 59
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- 33 actions local authorities can take on climate change, item 59
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- Norwich City-CarbonFootprintReport2017_18, item 59
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- Setting Climate Comittments for King's Lynn and West Norfolk, item 59
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Minutes:
The Senior Policy and Performance Officer provided Members with an update on the climate change work completed to date and ongoing work. He introduced Henry Saunders, Climate Change Officer, to the Panel who was from the University of East Anglia and was assisting the Council with Climate Change issues.
The Senior Policy and Performance Officer referred to the report which set out what research would be carried out during the evidence gathering phase.
The Chair thanked the Senior Policy and Performance Officer for his report and invited questions and comments from the Panel, as summarised below.
Councillor Parish asked if the Council had been in contact with the Tyndall centre and it was explained that they had not been contacted yet, but it would be worthwhile seeing what they could offer in terms of assistance.
Councillor Kemp raised concern that the Council was basing their audit on Norwich City Council’s Audit as they were two different types of area. The Climate Change Officer explained that the Audit was based on standardised techniques to carry out the assessment and would be based on the Borough Council’s area.
Councillor Kemp commented that the whole geographical area needed to be looked at, not just the Borough Council. The Senior Policy and Performance Officer clarified that an analysis of the whole geographical area would be carried out. The Council would also work with the New Anglia Local Enterprise Area and Norfolk County Council to ensure that areas of work were not duplicated and that information was shared.
Councillor Kemp stressed the importance of a clear baseline for the Borough and the Climate Change Officer confirmed that the overall Borough would be looked at and then what could be influenced and what would make a difference would be investigated.
The Chair referred to peatlands and the impact that this had on carbon emissions. The Portfolio Holder for Environment, Councillor Devereux provided information on this and explained that it was a complex situation.
RESOLVED: The Panel noted the update.