The purpose of the report is to consider the recommendations resulting from the Herefordshire Citizens’ Climate Assembly commissioned by the council.  The Climate Assembly was established in response to a unanimous vote of Full Council on 12 July 2019.  The assembly consisted of a diverse and representative group of residents of Herefordshire representing the demographic make up of the county.  They participated in 30 hours of deliberation on the question of ‘How should Herefordshire meet the challenges of climate change?’, resulting in a series of recommendations for priorities for action for the council and partner organisations.

That cabinet:

a)    Receive and note with thanks the recommendations provided by the Citizens Climate Assembly;

b)    Delegate responsibility to Corporate Director Economy & Environment and S151 officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economy and Environment to allocate funding from the Climate Reserve to consider next steps and provide recommendations to Cabinet by April 2022;

c)    Provide a progress report to the Citizens Climate Assembly in September 2022.

1.             That the recommendations are considered unacceptable and rejected, in full or in part.  This is not agreed based on the consideration given to the recommendations through the assembly process.  A full assessment of the recommendations will be the next stage in understanding the budget and delivery implications.