·         To adopt a Zero Carbon 2038 Draft Action Plan 2020-2025 on behalf of the city of Manchester.

·         For the Council to develop a Zero Carbon Action Plan 2020-2025 to reduce direct emissions from the Council’s operations.

·         To agree to the Council working with the Manchester Climate Change Agency and other key organisations across the city to provide leadership on the Zero Carbon agenda. 

The Executive:-

(1)       Endorses the draft Manchester Zero Carbon Framework, as appended to the report, as the city’s overarching approach to meeting its science-based climate change targets over the period 2020-38, as part of the wider Our Manchester policy framework.

(2)       Commits to work with partners to develop the final Framework and Action Plan for 2020-22, by March 2020 at the latest.

(3)       Commits to implement the Council’s actions for 2019/20, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.

(4)       Commits to produce a detailed action plan for the Council’s climate change work during 2020-22, in terms of direct, organisational emissions and also the influencing and enabling role that the Council can play through its planning, procurement, regulatory and other powers.

(5)       Commits to work with partners to secure the resources the city requires to commence full implementation of the Framework 2020-38 and Action Plan 2020-22, from April 2020.