Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to request that officers circulate an annual service update to provide Members with detail on progress made with the climate change initiatives work both ongoing and outlined in the report;

(ii)       to note the work already being undertaken in schools to address climate change;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Chief Officer – City Growth to progress the development of accessible information for children and young people relating to Net Zero;

(iv)      to note the suggestions on how to address climate change from our children and young people;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to organise an adapted child friendly version of COP 26 for climate change pupil champions from Aberdeen City Schools to take place on 3 March 2022 in the Town House;

(vi)      to agree that Aberdeen City Council Schools should appoint a President from a secondary school to preside over the Child friendly COP26 event held in the Town House with appropriate support from officers; and

(vii)     to instruct the Chief Officer – Education, in consultation with the Convener of the Education Operational Delivery Committee, to liaise with the Aberdeen City Schools child friendly COP 26 version event President to present the findings of this event to a special meeting of this Committee on Thursday 14 April 2022. 

With reference to article 5 of the minute of its meeting of 23 September 2021, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which presented the outcome of work undertaken with children and young people in city schools to capture their ideas to help address climate change.  A survey had been undertaken with pupil groups and school leaders and the results were presented to Committee for consideration.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)      note the work already being undertaken in schools to address climate change;

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Chief Officer – City Growth to

progress the development of accessible information for children and young people relating to Net Zero; and

(c)      consider the suggestions on how to address climate change from our children and young people and decide which can be taken forward to be looked at in more detail.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to request that officers circulate an annual service update to provide Members with detail on progress made with the climate change initiatives work both ongoing and outlined in the report;

(ii)       to note the work already being undertaken in schools to address climate change;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Chief Officer – City Growth to progress the development of accessible information for children and young people relating to Net Zero;

(iv)      to note the suggestions on how to address climate change from our children and young people;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education and Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to organise an adapted child friendly version of COP26 for climate change pupil champions from Aberdeen City Schools to take place on 3 March 2022 in the Town House;

(vi)      to agree that Aberdeen City Council Schools should appoint a President from a secondary school to preside over the Child friendly COP26 event held in the Town House with appropriate support from officers; and

(vii)     to instruct the Chief Officer – Education, in consultation with the Convener of the Education Operational Delivery Committee, to liaise with the Aberdeen City Schools child friendly COP26 version event President to present the findings of this event to a special meeting of this Committee on Thursday 14 April 2022.