A report of the Strategic Commissioner for Environment presented an annual update on climate change action in Wirral. It introduced:

·  The function and activities of the Wirral Climate Change Group;

·  The latest ‘Cool Steps’ report detailing recent progress with the climate change strategy;

·  The most recent version of the ‘rolling’ action plan developed to help implement the strategy; and,

·  An overview of progress made over the first three years of the five year strategy period.

Resolved – That:

(1)  the work of the Wirral Climate Change Group and the progress outlined in the report to implement the climate change strategy, be noted;

(2)  the observations arising from the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s consideration of the annual report on climate change be noted; and

(3)  the ‘Cool Steps’ annual progress report (Appendix 1) and the latest version of the climate strategy action plan (Appendix 2) to meet the Council’s Climate Local commitment, be approved.