Decisions for issue Support for Youth Strikes and Other Climate Action

RESOLVED: That the Committee

(i)            Agreed that the council should liaise with the police and with

schools and to develop guidance to schools on the attendance of young people at the planned climate change event on 20 September.

(ii)          Agreed that should staff wish to participate in the ‘General Strike on Climate’ on 20 September 2019 that this can be facilitated through annual leave, flexi time or unpaid leave, subject to reasonable notice being given and the requirements for maintaining service delivery as set out in 3.12 and that guidance on this is issued to managers.

(iii)         Recommended that, subject to preliminary checks, Brighton & Hove City Council shall support the UN e-learning Climate Change course as soon as possible, with a view to train at least one teacher in every maintained school.