Decision details

155/2006 The Cabinet asked the Regeneration and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee to monitor the Council's progress on issues related to climate change with a view to reporting its findings to the Cabinet on an annual basis.
156/2006 The Cabinet instructed officers to include sustainability assessments in all relevant reports to the Cabinet and Council committees to ensure that potential global impacts can be fully considered as part of the decision making process.
157/2006 The Cabinet noted the potential additional activities which the council could undertake, as listed in paragraph 5.5 of the report and which it is intended would be brought forward as and when opportunities occur.
158/2006 The Cabinet agreed, on behalf of the council, to authorise the signing of the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change at a suitable future public event.

Recent policy changes adopted by the Council and the Cabinet have brought Medway to the forefront of best practice in responding to the global challenge of climate change. These additional actions will ensure continuing progress and proper monitoring and that the matter is properly assessed in all future decisions.