Rushcliffe Borough Council is Conservative Controlled.
Thank you to all @Rushcliffe councillors for unanimously supporting the #ClimateEmergency motion proposed by Cllr @Sue_Mallender & seconded by @CllrRMallender ! Thanks to @XrNottingham and @ngp and @RuddGreens for your help and support too. Full text at https://t.co/f8STQaRqhq
— Richard Mallender (@CllrRMallender) March 7, 2019
Motion proposed by Councillor S Mallender
In the light of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, declaring a climate emergency, Rushcliffe Borough Council will evaluate the implications of the report and review its 2010 Carbon Management Plan. The review should be undertaken by a relevant scrutiny group, and their findings shall be considered by the Cabinet by no later than March 2020. This Council calls upon the designated scrutiny group to consider the Council setting a carbon neutral target to be achieved by 2030. The commitment to review and implement a refreshed target should also be integrated into the Council’s commitment and leadership to parish councils, business and strategic partners, to deliver widespread carbon reductions across the borough. Rushcliffe Borough Council will
continue to call on the Government to provide the necessary powers and resources to make local action on climate change easier.
Will RBC be auditing their Pension Scheme and divesting themselves of all fossil fuel investments?
This action by RBC would show that profit from using carbon must not continue and build on their policy of using renewable energy.