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👎🏾Today’s #GreenDay strategies repeatedly stress how crucial Local Authorities are in the transition - but then fail to provide any actions to support us TODAY.
It’s frustrating to keep being told we’re key, yet not being given the tools we really need.
💬My words in @room_151:
It’s frustrating to keep being told we’re key, yet not being given the tools we really need.
💬My words in @room_151:
https://twitter.com/gilmore_aysha/status/1641456387665580034
Of particular frustration is the out of hand dismissal of introducing a statutory duty, or associated powers, for Local Authorities.
Our @CityWestminster response on this was quoted in @CSkidmoreUK’s Net Zero Review - and @UK100_ and many others have long asked for it
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Our @CityWestminster response on this was quoted in @CSkidmoreUK’s Net Zero Review - and @UK100_ and many others have long asked for it
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Why is this important?
Lack of a duty means climate action plays second fiddle to other statutory duties.
In Westminster this means eg. local heritage > climate. In other resource-strapped councils, this means, despite commitments, climate is often not THE priority.
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Lack of a duty means climate action plays second fiddle to other statutory duties.
In Westminster this means eg. local heritage > climate. In other resource-strapped councils, this means, despite commitments, climate is often not THE priority.
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I welcome the commitment to ‘explore simplification of the net zero funding landscape’
But we know the issue? 20+ green pots for councils to bid into last year. All had different requirements & competitive processes. So can’t plan long-term.
So what is left to ‘explore’?
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But we know the issue? 20+ green pots for councils to bid into last year. All had different requirements & competitive processes. So can’t plan long-term.
So what is left to ‘explore’?
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There are positives. The rhetoric on the importance of councils is brilliant & there is ongoing work to help councils - but it still falls short.
The key issues still exist:
- Stop-Start competitive funding
- Capacity & resource gaps
- Need for Technical Assistance
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The key issues still exist:
- Stop-Start competitive funding
- Capacity & resource gaps
- Need for Technical Assistance
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We need action to fix these, and ASAP.
As the Government acknowledges, 80% of the UK’s emissions are within the scope of influence of local government.
Give councils the real tools to decarbonise, or the UK will NOT meet its climate targets.
Today’s strategies fall short.
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As the Government acknowledges, 80% of the UK’s emissions are within the scope of influence of local government.
Give councils the real tools to decarbonise, or the UK will NOT meet its climate targets.
Today’s strategies fall short.
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