Last night #@BDC we agreed a motion Acknowledging a Climate Emergency there will be more coming soon on how your District Council is going to make Babergh greener!
— LMalvisi (@malvisi_l) July 24, 2019
To consider the Motion on Notice received from Councillor Malvisi:
“This Council pledges to:
1. Acknowledge a climate emergency.
2. Set up a Task Force, commencing by September 2019, to examine ways in which Babergh & Mid Suffolk Councils will respond to the climate change challenge on a spend to save basis, with the ambition to make Babergh & Mid Suffolk Councils carbon neutral by 2030.
3. To work with partners across the county and region, including the LEP and the Public Sector Leaders, towards the aspiration of making the county of Suffolk carbon neutral by 2030.
4. To work with Government to a) deliver its 25-year Environment Plan and b) increase the powers and resources available to local authorities in order to make the 2030 target easier to achieve.