Issue - meetings

This reports provides the second annual update of the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan (CNAP) since its adoption in 2020. This is 8 months since the previous update presented in February 2022. The date has been brought forward in order for it to be aligned with the budget setting period. The outcomes of the work to date are set out in the revised CNAP and the spreadsheet with updates on individual actions. 

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Executive:

a.     Notes the progress made on the CNAP during 2022 attached in Annexe 1

b.    Note the GHG report attached in Annexe 2 and agree that it is published on the Waverley Borough Council website

c.     Endorses the updated content of version 3 of the CNAP as presented in Annexe 3

RESOLVED that:

1)         progress made on the CNAP during 2022, as shown in Annexe 1 to the agenda report, is noted;

2)         the GHG report attached at Annexe 2 to the agenda report, is noted, and the report is published on the Waverley Borough Council website;

3)         the updated content of version 3 of the CNAP, as presented in Annexe 3 to the agenda report, is endorsed; and,

4)         the observations and recommendations of the Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 20 September 2022 in relation to the CNAP are noted.

Reason: To ensure that the Executive is up to date with the council’s progress on its response to the Climate Emergency and to request support on the direction of travel over the next year.

[This report has already been considered by the Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee]

Cllr Williams introduced the second annual update of the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan (CNAP) since its adoption in 2020. The report outlined progress on actions, and it was noted that the Action Plan had been revised to reflect progress and new actions identified to enable the Council to achieve its target of becoming a net zero carbon authority by 2030.

The report also detailed Waverley’s organisational Greenhouse Gas emissions in 2021/22, which at 3,500 tonnes CO₂ which was a 34% reduction compared to the baseline year of 2015/16.

RESOLVED that:

1)         progress made on the CNAP during 2022, as shown in Annexe 1 to the agenda report, is noted;

2)         the GHG report attached at Annexe 2 to the agenda report, is noted, and the report is published on the Waverley Borough Council website;

3)         the updated content of version 3 of the CNAP, as presented in Annexe 3 to the agenda report, is endorsed; and,

4)         the observations and recommendations of the Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 20 September 2022 in relation to the CNAP are noted.

Reason: To ensure that the Executive is up to date with the council’s progress on its response to the Climate Emergency and to request support on the direction of travel over the next year.