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Carbon Neutral Strategy (CNS): Proposition and Report

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A decision made on 24 December 2019

Decision Reference:  MD-PE-2019-0114

Decision Summary Title :

Carbon Neutral Strategy - Proposition and Report

Date of Decision Summary:

20 December 2019

Decision Summary Author:

Director of Strategy and Innovation

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

Not Applicable

Written Report

Title :

Carbon Neutral Strategy

Date of Written Report:

20 December 2019

 

Written Report Author:

Director of Strategy and Innovation

Written Report:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:

Carbon Neutral Strategy - Proposition and Report

Decision(s):

The Minister approved the Carbon Neutral Strategy (CNS) Proposition and Report and requested that they be lodged ‘au Greffe’ on Tuesday 31 December 2019 to allow for debate by the States Assembly in 2020.

Reason(s) for Decision:

Following the adoption of P.27/2019, the Minister is requested to present, by the end of 2019, a plan that aims for Jersey to be carbon-neutral by 2030. The Minister requested that the CNS and supporting proposition be published to allow the States to consider the actions set out within; these being to adopt the principles and scope of the CNS, to approve the mandate for the establishment of a Citizens’ Assembly, and the requirement that the Minister return a Long-term climate action plan as a report and proposition to the States Assembly before the end of 2020.

Resource Implications:

Development of the CNS has drawn on existing policy resources and additional in-year funding of £212,500.  Further development of the work identified in the strategy will draw on existing policy resources and additional funding from Climate Emergency Fund as approved in 2019 in the Government Plan.

Action required:

Request that the Greffier of the States arrange for the Report and Proposition to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ on Tuesday 31 December 2019 for debate by the States Assembly in 2020.

Signature:

 

 

 

Position:

 

 

Minister for the Environment

Date Signed:

 

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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