Climate Emergency

At a meeting of Full Council on 30 January 2019, Lancaster City Council declared a climate emergency and committed itself to:

Set up a Climate Change Cabinet Liaison Group, involving councillors, residents, young citizens and experts from our two universities
Convene a citizens’ assembly to help identify how our activities can be made net-zero carbon by 2030
Proactively include young citizens in this process
Introduce climate change impact assessments, including carbon emission appraisals, in reports to Cabinet and Council
Support Lancashire’s Air Quality Champions network and request a city councillor to attend meetings
Commission a report from our pension funds and investments on levels of investment in the fossil fuel industry
Call upon local MPs to ensure government provides the powers, resources and funding to make this possible