Lancaster City Council’s Climate Emergency Resolution

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 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
• Support Lancashire’s Air Quality Champions network
• 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
• View the complete declaration here >>