Latest news with #NetZeroActionPlan
Western Telegraph
21-07-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Pembrokeshire council group to review 'climate emergency'
In May 2019, the council declare a climate emergency following a notice of motion by Cllr Joshua Beynon calling on the authority to back the global consensus that climate change poses a risk to the well-being of future generations. He had urged county councillors to back a motion to take 'bold, decisive action' to fight 'truly, catastrophic' climate change. He called on the council to commit to becoming a zero-carbon local authority by 2030. At the July meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council, a notice of motion by Cllr Mike Stoddart called for the establishment of a working group to review the decision made by the council to declare a climate change emergency. More: Should you open or close your windows during a heatwave? Expert settles debate More: Bid for 12 new homes next to Pembrokeshire village school refused Cllr Stoddart's motion said: 'Given the turbulence on the global financial markets; the parlous state of the UK's public finances; Pembrokeshire County Council's projected funding gap; and the government's softening of its policies on the switch to EV vehicles and heat pumps, this council establishes a seven person, politically balanced working group to review the authority's decision to declare a climate emergency at its meeting on May 9, 2019. 'The working group will be asked to: (a) examine the effect of the emergency declaration on the level of council tax in Pembrokeshire and particularly the extent to which any such increases militate against the authority's anti-poverty policies. '(b) The cost of decarbonising the council's housing stock and the effect this has had on the authority's ability to finance the building of new housing. '(c) The extent to which the council's decarbonisation programme has contributed to a reduction of the risk of runaway global temperature increases, and (d) any other effects that the working group considers may have adversely impacted the wellbeing of the residents of Pembrokeshire.' Cllr Stoddart's notice of motion was previously supported at the June meeting of the council's corporate overview and scrutiny committee, with a recommendation to full council in July meeting, to reinstate the Net Zero Working Group to review the contents of the notice of motion and, subject to the outcome of this review, review the future delivery of the Net Zero Action Plan. Cllr Stoddart's call was backed by Cllr Steve Alderman, and Cllr Rhys Jordan, who said: 'I fully support this, it couldn't come sooner; around England and Wales councils are looking at this, there's been a huge push for a 'net zero' agenda at any cost, I don't think we're in a position to drive that.' Cllr Aaron Carey said: 'We've set ourselves some lofty goals, but we haven't got the money to back it up.' Members overwhelmingly agreed to back the June committee recommendations.
BBC News
08-02-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Emissions-based charges plan for Plymouth's motorists
Charges based on vehicle emissions could be introduced for motorists in Plymouth under council City Council said its latest climate strategy, known as the Net Zero Action Plan (NZAP), is set to be reviewed by the authority's Natural Infrastructure and Growth scrutiny panel on said a number of new initiatives have been added to the plan including "exploring the feasibility, potential role and benefits of emissions-based vehicle charging tariffs".Following the scrutiny meeting, the latest version of NZAP - which covers a three-year period - is due to be voted on at a full council meeting on 17 March. 'Ambitious' plans The council said other new NZAP initiatives included an externally-funded £400m network connecting major buildings with a central heating bosses have not given any details about how the emission-based charges would work or how much they would Tom Briars-Delve, cabinet member for the environment and climate change, said the latest version of the NZAP would hopefully help the city make "great strides" towards hitting its net zero added: "I do understand that for some people, parts of this plan may seem ambitious but ambitious is what we must be if we are to ensure the environmental sustainability of our city and planet."
