Climate Emergency & Nature Recovery Standing Committee

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SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Livesey House
7 St Johns Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1JD

(Please be aware that this meeting is not recorded)

To Members of the Climate Emergency & Nature Recovery Standing Committee

Councillors J Dean (Chair), B Bentick, R Dartnall, P Moseley, A Mosley,  A Phillips, D Vasmer and R Wilson

Plus all external members of the committee.

All other members of the Council for information

Dear Councillors

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Town Council’s Climate Emergency & Nature Recovery Standing Committee scheduled to take place on Tuesday 1 October 2024 at 2.00pm at St Johns Hill, Committee Room in order to transact the following business.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

• 1APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  To receive and accept apologies for absence

• 2DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct. 

• 3MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

  To note the minutes of the last meeting held on 18 April 2024. 

  Attachments:

  • 1a. Agenda 3 - 24.04.18 Climate Change Minutes

• 4MATTERS ARISING

  To consider any matters arising from that meeting. 

• 5CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2020 - 2024

  To receive an update on the Climate Change Action Plan.  

  Attachments:

  • Item 5 - Climate Change Action Plan 2020-2024 MASTER

• 6VISIONING EXERCISE

  To receive an update on the Town Council’s Visioning Exercise and the results of the Public Consultation on ‘taking positive action to tackle climate change’.  

  Attachments:

  • Item 6 - Public Consultation Results September 2024

• 7GREAT BIG GREEN WEEK 2024

  To receive a report on Shrewsbury’s Great Big Green Week in June 2024. 

  Attachments:

  • Item 7 - Great Big Green Week Report 2024

• 8CARBON LITERATE STATUS

  To receive an update on the Town Council’s application for Carbon Literacy status. 

• 9CLIMATE AUDIT

  To receive the Town Council’s Climate Audit. 

  Attachments:

  • Item 9 - 2024_08 CFP Report Shrewsbury Town Council v1.0
  • Item 9 - Climate Audit Report 2024

• 10LOCAL NATURE RECOVERY STRATEGY SURVEY

  To consider a response to Shropshire Council’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy Survey General Public Local Nature Recovery Strategy Survey (surveymonkey.com). 

  Attachments:

  • Item 10 - Local Nature Recovery Strategy Survey

• 11OPERATIONAL UPDATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

  To receive an operational update on the impacts of climate change from the Town Council’s Countryside Manager. 

  Attachments:

  • Agenda 11 - Impact of Weather on Grounds Maintenance

• 12NATURE RECOVERY CONFERENCE

  To receive details of a SALC Nature Recovery conference taking place on Friday 6 December 2024. 

• 13NEXT MEETING

  The next Committee meeting will be held on 16 January 2024 at 2.30pm. A presentation at this meeting will be given by Kevin Oubridge.