Issue - items at meetings - 10:10 Campaign

Proposed by Councillor Phillips (copy attached).

110a.1      The Cabinet considered the following Notice of Motion proposed by Councillor Phillips:

“This council notes that 10:10 is a mass movement that has seen people and organisations from across the country sign up to reduce their carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010. From councils and hospitals to faith groups, scout troops and national newspapers, organisations across the UK have joined what it commonly being seen as the start of the journey to a low-carbon society.

Leaders of the national Green, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative parties have all committed to 10:10. Councils from across the political spectrum including Greenwich, Hackney, Islington, Richmond, Oxford, Slough, West Sussex, Stroud, Eastleigh, Kirklees have also signed up.

This council notes that:

·        Cutting global carbon emissions is vital if we are to stave off runaway climate change.

·        The Lancet earlier this year published a report warning that climate change is the biggest threat to global health of the 21st century.

·        There are compelling business reasons for joining the 10:10 campaign, not least that cutting our spending on energy is one way to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

·        The importance of the outcome of the Climate Change talks in Copenhagen in December this year cannot be overstated, and early commitment to the 10:10 Campaign has the potential to influence those talks to make urgent cuts in global emissions a reality.

                  Therefore this council requests the Cabinet to consider the possibilities of Brighton & Hove City Council signing up to the 10:10 campaign.”

110a.2      RESOLVED – That the Notice of Motion be noted and referred to the Sustainability Cabinet Committee.