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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. |
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Declarations of Interest To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’. |
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Notes of the Previous Meeting PDF 255 KB To receive and note the minutes of meeting for the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee held on the 22nd of July 2024. |
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Open Forum At the discretion of the Chair, a period of up to 15 minutes may be allocated at each ordinary meeting for members of the public to make representations or to ask questions on matters within the terms of reference of the Committee. No member of the public shall speak for more than five minutes in the Open Forum, except by permission of the Chair.
Please note: Members of the public are asked to submit a video of their question or statement to climate.emergency@leeds.gov.uk by 5pm on the 19th of September 2024. |
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Working Groups Update To receive a verbal update on the progress of the Committees’ working groups to date |
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Leeds Household Waste and Recycling Collection Strategy Update PDF 977 KB To receive a verbal update/presentation regarding relevant national policy, strategy and legislation; together with a draft strategy for managing household waste in Leeds in a way that meets national Simpler Recycling requirements and helps Leeds residents to reduce the amount of waste they produce that is not re-used or recycled.
The report of Chief Officer (Environmental Services) that was submitted to the Scrutiny Board (Environment and Communities) for the meeting on the 19th of September 2024 is appended for information. |
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Update on Nature and Tree-planting Initiatives in Leeds PDF 393 KB The report of the Chief Officer, Climate, Energy and Green Spaces provides an update on woodland creation and on the programme of tree planting related initiatives. In addition, an update is provided on biodiversity net gain as well as an update on practical initiatives such at the establishment of wildflower areas in collaboration with Butterfly Conservation in Roundhay Park using seed sourced through Natural England in order to provide areas of managed habitat for native butterflies and other invertebrates which links to the conservation work undertaken at Tropical World. |
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Date and Time of the Next Meeting To note the date and time of the next meeting as Monday the 4th of November 2024. |