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European Commission Covenant of Mayors on Climate Change
Meeting: 24/01/2013 - Policy & Resources Committee (pre 2015) (Item 118)
118 European Commission Covenant of Mayors on Climate Change 
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Report of the Strategic Director; Place (copy attached).
Additional documents:
Decision:
1. That the city council becoming a signatory to the Covenant of Mayors.
Minutes:
118.1 The Strategic Director; Place introduced the report and stated that the council had previously signed up to the ‘Nottingham Declaration’ in 2004 and it was proposed that it should sign up to the Covenant as detailed in the report, which supported the council’s corporate policy to create a mote sustainable city.
118.2 The Chair thanked the officers for the report and stated that by signing up to the Covenant he hoped that it would enable the council to bid for European funding and provide support for City Deal.
118.3 Councillor Mitchell noted the information and questioned the benefit of having to travel abroad to sign up and suggested that it was something that could be done on-line.
118.4 Councillor G. Theobald stated that he shared Councillor Mitchell’s concern and hoped that the signing could be undertaken in the UK, but also noted the potential for funding opportunities.
118.5 The Chair then put the recommendation to the vote.
118.6 RESOLVED: That the city council becomes a signatory to the Covenant of Mayors.