Agenda item

The Board had before it a report entitled Climate Change Project & Scottish Government Reporting, the purpose of which was to advise on the requirements to report on net zero and emissions targets and the proposed Climate Change Project for 2022-25, and to seek approval for the submission of the attached climate change report to the Scottish Government by 30 November 2022.

Sophie Beier, Senior Project Manager, presented the report and responded to questions from members regarding net zero and emissions targets and the importance of working with the commissioned sector to enable actions to be achieved while building on the IJB’s existing approach to ethical commissioning.

The report recommended:-

that the Board:

(a)         approve the Climate Change Report;

(b)         instruct the Chief Officer to submit the Climate Change Report to the Scottish Government by 30 November 2022;

(c)          approve the content and governance of the Climate Change Project for 2022-2025; and

(d)         instruct the Chief Officer to bring an annual progress report on the climate change work to future October IJB meetings.

The Board resolved:-

(i)           to agree that the target year should be reviewed annually in order to explore opportunities to become net zero at an earlier date; and

(ii)          to otherwise approve the recommendations.