SPC 4 - Agendas

Agenda of Strategic Policy Committee 4 to be held on Wednesday, 31st March 2021 at 11 a.m.


TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF SPC4 – CLIMATE CHANGE

A meeting of SPC 4 – Climate Change - will be held

ON:  Wednesday, 31st March 2021

AT:  11.00 a.m.

IN: Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo and via Sligo County Council’s Virtual Meeting Room

 

Agenda

  1. Minutes of meeting held on 14th October 2020
  2. Matters arising.
  3. Update on Work Programme 2020 / 2021
  4. Climate Action Plan 2021 – Community Climate Conversations
  5. Discussion Item - Identification of a Decarbonisation Zone
  6. Item submitted by Chair, Councillor Sinéad Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council recognises the overwhelming evidence that a global climate and biodiversity crisis exists and that society at all levels must take responsibility in responding effectively to the challenges facing the future of our planet. Having adopted a Climate Adaptation Policy in 2019 to inform its efforts in adapting to climate change, Sligo County Council now acknowledges the need to assume a more visible leadership role by immediately implementing the following steps:
    • Declare a Climate Emergency for County Sligo
    • Declare a Biodiversity Emergency for County Sligo
    • Commit to implementation of the County Sligo Biodiversity Plan
    • Commit to providing Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan Report updates at every Council meeting
    • Commit to establishing a Climate Action Committee to meet within three months and whose remit would include prioritising transport, energy and flood protection measures consistent with a sustainable approach to the Climate Emergency. Membership would include representatives from local government, public bodies, community, social, environmental and economic sectors.

      Questions:
    • What should the Action Committee’s relationship be to/with the Climate Change SPC?
    • How does Biodiversity Emergency fit in?
    • Does the County Council have a Climate Change Office and/or a designated responsible person?”.
  7. Item submitted by Sligo PPN:
    Climate/Biodiversity Emergency Declaration
  8. Item submitted by Sligo PPN:
    Green Spaces and Rewilding Projects
    1. Allocation of green spaces
    2. Planting for enhanced biodiversity and carbon sequestering
  9. Date of next meeting (30th June 2021)
  10. Any Other Business

 


Meeting Date 31/03/2021