Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Place and Sustainability. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction). The report presents the final recommendations of the Haringey 40:20 Carbon Commission and seeks approval of the initial Action Plan for actions to be led by the Council.  THIS REPORT WILL BE SENT TO FOLLOW

Cabinet considered a report, presented by the Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction, which set out the final recommendations of the Haringey Carbon Commission. The report sought agreement to the overall approach proposed by the Commission and the Action Plan to implement the Commission’s recommendations.

RESOLVED:

That the overall approach proposed by the Carbon Commission be endorsed and that officers should progress an Action Plan for implementation of the Commission’s recommendations as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

Other Options Considered

If no action were to be taken this would mean that the Council would not deliver on its commitment to make progress towards the 40% carbon emissions reduction target.

An alternative option at this stage would be to pursue only those recommendations that do not require much resource (either staff time or the possibility of future access to low cost finance or set up costs if the full business case was agreed). It is recommended that further detailed business cases are prepared for the Council so that the costs and benefits and risks are known (both to the borough and the wider community in terms of potential local economic value generated), before other alternatives to the Carbon Commission’s recommendations are considered. The Carbon Commission has brought together significant expertise from a range of sources.

Reasons for Decision

Haringey has made a commitment to working towards reducing carbon emissions by 40% by 2020. Climate change will impact on the poorest communities the hardest and action to reduce carbon emissions will create new job opportunities and improve the well being of residents. The action plan being presented for agreement by Cabinet will enable the Council to implement a range of recommendations made by the Carbon Commission, which are geared to maximising the benefit for Haringey from this activity.