Manchester City Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration

Commitment

1

Declare a Climate Emergency.

2

Continue working with partners across Manchester and GMCA to deliver the 2038 target, and determine if an earlier target can be possible, through a transparent and open review.

Explore the possibility of introducing a 2030 target in line with the IPCC report and request that a report on its viability be brought back to the Executive before the end of the year.

3

Become carbon neutral by the earliest possible date.

4

Encourage involvement in all wards by April 2020 through meetings as part of the Our Manchester strategy, to identify residents and partners who want to be actively involved in achieving the target, with provision for those who cannot attend. Ensure ward plans contain specific, measurable, achievable steps.

5

Review all policies, processes and procedures to ensure the council can become carbon neutral

6

Present an action plan by March 2020 detailing how the city can stay within its carbon budget.

7

Report back regularly to the NESC. (Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee)

8

Review the corporate plan

9

Work with the Tyndall Centre to review the actual emissions from aviation. Investigate the best way to include aviation in our overall carbon reduction programme in the long term.

10

Make climate breakdown and the environment, an integral part of activity throughout the Council, including all decision making, ensuring key decisions take into account the impact on achieving the zero-carbon target and including an environmental impact assessment in all relevant committee reports.

11

Ensure that everyone in the council receives carbon literacy training by the end of 2020. Make attendance easier by varying times and length of sessions.

12

Encourage all staff on council business to use the lowest carbon, appropriate, travel.

13

Investigate measures to ensure future procurement is carbon neutral. Increase the percentage of social value with an additional environmental element.

14

Work with suppliers to green their supply chains, and support local production

15

Work with training providers to ensure Manchester residents can take on green jobs

16

Investigate and introduce measures to help reach domestic zero carbon levels including addressing fuel poverty and retrofitting existing homes.

17

Investigate ways to ensure that future local plans place a mandatory requirement for all new development to be net zero carbon by the earliest possible date.

18

Push GMCA to decarbonise public transport, heat and energy as early as possible.

19

Through our role on GMPF, encourage divestment in fossil fuels as early as possible

20

Call on the government to:

Provide powers and resources to make the zero-carbon target possible including funding for big capital projects.

21

Accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions from aviation.

22

Accelerate the decarbonisation of the electricity grid, funding low carbon energy generation.

23

Ensure that the UK prosperity fund focuses on enabling the transition to a low carbon economy.