CONSERVATIVE Group Amendment
NOTICE OF MOTION
FOSSIL
FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
That deletions are made as shown with strikethrough below and additional recommendations are added as shown in bold italics below.
· Cities across the world have shown their commitment to tackling the climate crisis by endorsing the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; · BHCC’s pensions are held by the East Sussex Pension Fund, which still invests in fossil fuels; · Preventing climate chaos requires the bulk of fossil fuels be left in the ground, leaving fossil fuel companies with stranded assets, meaning current shares are likely to be overvalued; • That Administration and Official Opposition have a coalition arrangement on climate change at Brighton and Hove City Council; and • That Brighton and Hove City Council has been given a ‘D’ for its involvement on climate change by the Carbon Disclosure Project
This council resolves:
(1) To focus on improving its own performance on climate change and disclosing its result each year to the Carbon Disclosure project. |
Proposed by: Cllr Brown Seconded by: Cllr Bell
Motion to read if carried: |
This council notes: · Cities across the world have shown their commitment to tackling the climate crisis by endorsing the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; · BHCC’s pensions are held by the East Sussex Pension Fund, which still invests in fossil fuels; · Preventing climate chaos requires the bulk of fossil fuels be left in the ground, leaving fossil fuel companies with stranded assets, meaning current shares are likely to be overvalued; • That Administration and Official Opposition have a coalition arrangement on climate change at Brighton and Hove City Council; and • That Brighton and Hove City Council has been given a ‘D’ for its involvement on climate change by the Carbon Disclosure Project
This council resolves:
(1) To focus on improving its own performance on climate change and disclosing its result each year to the Carbon Disclosure project. |