Decision Maker: Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Cabinet, Council
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To consider bringing Gloucester’s target
for net zero carbon emissions forward to 2045 and joining the UK100
Network of local authorities.
RECOMMENDED to Councilthat:
(1) Gloucester City Council joins the UK100 Local Authority leaders’ group and international Race to Zero commitment in advance of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), to be held in the City of Glasgow
(2) as a condition of UK100 membership, Gloucester City Council bring forward its 2050 net zero target to 2045
(3) Gloucester City Council becomes a signatory to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.
Report author: Afriqnmun Lovejoy
Publication date: 16/09/2021
Date of decision: 15/09/2021
Decided at meeting: 15/09/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 24/09/2021
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