Issue - meetings

Background:

The report was the first annual update on progress against the refreshed Climate Change Action Plan 2025-2028 approved by the Cabinet in August 2025 and highlighted the key achievements in 2025. The aims of the plan were to reduce carbon emissions to achieve net zero by 2050 and increase resilience against the impacts of climate change for both Medway Council and Medway “the Place”.

The report had been previously considered by the Business Support and Digital Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 18 June 2026, and the Cabinet thanked the Committee for its comments which were set out in section 7 of the report.

Reasons:

Regular monitoring of progress against the Climate Change Action Plan is best practice, providing transparency and accountability and supporting achievement of the aims and objectives of the plan.