Item 8 - Climate Change Strategy (L24/20)

Summary: 
 
This report seeks to update Leaders Committee on the work that has been taking place on climate change policy since the last report in December 2019 and what is planned in the run up to COP26 in November this year.
London Councils officers have been working closely with TEC, LEDNet and CELC to establish an ambitious programme of activity, support for individual climate action plans and a common approach to data.
Furthermore, London Councils is working with a number of organisations to develop the national advocacy asks and a programme of activity in the run up to the COP26.
This paper seeks endorsement of these activities from Leaders Committee.
Recommendations: 
 
Leaders’ Committee is asked to:

• Endorse the addition of ‘resilient and green London’ as a seventh theme to London Councils ambition around climate change, as outlined in paragraph 6
• Endorse the requirement of boroughs individual climate action plans to include the actions as outlined in Appendix 1
• Endorse for all boroughs to use the data outlined in paragraph 16 to ensure a consistent, minimum standard across London boroughs
• Endorse the collaboration with the GLA on scope 3 emission research as outlined in paragraph 17
• Note and discuss the high-level governance as outlined in paragraphs 20-22
• Note and discuss the activities planned in the lead up to COP26 as outlined in paragraphs 23-27

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