Tewkesbury Borough Council

RESOLVED 1. That the Council extend its current scope and declare a Borough wide “Climate and Ecological Emergency”.2. That the Council commit to doing all in its power to makeTewkesbury Borough carbon neutral by 2030, taking intoaccount both production and consumption emissions.3. That the Council commit to doing all in its power to eliminatethe Council’s scope 3 emissions through the development ofa carbon neutral procurement strategy.4. That the Council continue its Climate Change and Flood RiskManagement Group.5. That the Council call again upon the UK Government toprovide additional powers and resources to support local andnational action towards the 2030 target.6. That the Council commit again to working with partners inGloucestershire to achieve county-wide carbon neutralityaims.7. That the Council declare a nature (ecological) emergencyrecognising that the threat to continued human wellbeingfrom the loss of biodiversity and healthy habitats, whilstlinked to the climate emergency, requires specific emergencymeasures for nature recovery.8. That the Council declare its support for the Climate andEcology Bill and inform the local media of this decision.9. That the Council write an open letter to Laurence RobertsonMP, to be shared with residents through local and socialmedia, urging him to sign up to support the Climate andEcology Bill.10. That the Council write to the Zero Hour, the organisers ofthe campaign for the Climate and Ecology Bill, expressing itssupport (councils@zerohour.uk).

— Full Council (Source)