Agenda

Consultative Meeting of Members of the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee - Monday, 20th January, 2025 2.00 pm

Contact: Toby Russell  Tel: 0113 37 86980

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

3.

Notes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 258 KB

To receive the minutes of the previous meeting of the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee held on the 16th of December 2024.

4.

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 4pm on the 17th of January 2025.

5.

Working Groups Update

To receive a verbal update on the progress of the Committees’ working groups to date

6.

Local Transport Plan – West Yorkshire Combined Authority pdf icon PDF 124 KB

The report of Chief Officer, Climate, Energy & Green Spaces provides and update on the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan (LTP), which is being developed in partnership with the five West Yorkshire District Councils (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield) to renew the Mayor’s West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan.

7.

Update on Work to Reduce Emissions from Travel (non-corporate) in Leeds pdf icon PDF 305 KB

The report of the Chief Officer, Highways & Transportation, summarises the progress on delivering the Connecting Leeds Transport Strategy to shift travel to more sustainable and lower carbon modes.

8.

Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy (EVCI) Update pdf icon PDF 203 KB

The report of the Chief Officer Climate, Energy and Green Spaces, provided an update on the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy (EVCI). The Leeds Best City Ambition has Net Zero as a clear objective, with decarbonisation of transport a key element of the work that needs to be delivered to achieve that goal.

9.

Date and Time of the Next Meeting

To note the date and time of the next meeting as Monday the 24th of February 2025.