Agenda

Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment - Thursday, 26th January, 2023 10.00 am

Venue: Council Chamber - The Guildhall, Portsmouth. View directions

Contact: Jane DI Dino 023 9283 4060  Email: jane.didino@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Members' Interests

2.

Air Quality Assessment update pdf icon PDF 75 KB

Purpose.

To provide the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment information on:

1.     Portsmouth City Council's (PCC) Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) responsibilities and the relevant Review and Assessments (R&A) of air quality (AQ) in Portsmouth since 2019

2.     the legal responsibilities placed upon PCC in respect to AQ R&A and the appraisals undertaken by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in respect to AQ in Portsmouth.

 

RECOMMENDED that the report be noted.

 

 

3.

Urban Tree Challenge Fund pdf icon PDF 182 KB

 

 

Purpose

a.     To update the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment on the detail of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF).

b.     To brief the Cabinet member on the outcome of the grant application funded by the Forestry Commission and the financial award made to the Council.

c.     To provide an update on the planting locations and use of the grant.

 

RECOMMENDED that the report be noted.

 

 

4.

The Queen's Green Canopy Commemorative Planting pdf icon PDF 85 KB

Purpose

1.     To update the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and the Environment on the detail of the Defra funding awarded to lead delivery partners of The Queen's Green Canopy.

2.     To brief the Cabinet member on the outcome of the Defra award to lead delivery partner Trees for Cities and the extension of the Forgotten Paces programme.

 

RECOMMENDED that the report be noted.

 

 

5.

PCC Climate Events during CoP 27- Green Partnership Charter pdf icon PDF 244 KB

Purpose.

To provide information on a climate change engagement and partnership event organised and undertaken during the most recent Conference of the Parties (CoP 27) in November 2022.

 

RECOMMENDED that the report be noted.

6.

PCC Climate Events during CoP 27- Climate Simulation Game pdf icon PDF 636 KB

Purpose

To provide information on a climate change engagement and partnership event undertaken during the most recent Conference of the Parties (CoP 27) in November 2022.

 

RECOMMENDED that the report be noted.