Climate Emergency
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 >>