Initial Climate Change Impact Assessment (Form created August 2021)

The intention of this document is to help the council to gain an initial understanding of the impact of a project or decision on the environment. This document should be completed in consultation with the supporting guidance. Dependent on this initial assessment you may need to go on to complete a full Climate Change Impact Assessment. The final document will be published as part of the decision-making process.

If you have any additional queries, which are not covered by the guidance please email climatechange@northyorks.gov.uk

Title of proposal	Library Management System re-procurement
Brief description of proposal	To procure a Library Management System (LMS) due to current contract ending in March 2025.  This contract has been in place since 2015 so using the full 7 years with a further extension agreed in 2022 to cover the LGR implementation period.  A further extension would not be compliant or necessarily desirable.  This procurement is for an improved but essentially a replacement product with no major impact on working practices, the minimum requirements for the system to manage and monitor the service remaining largely unchanged from the previous system specification.   There is, however, increased customer expectation around their ability to self-serve and the ease of access to do so which should inform the Quality part of the tender questionnaire.    A range of peer networks and events has allowed service managers to maintain current awareness of products and developments in the market and hosting Discovery Days will highlight new developments to further inform the process. It is anticipated that the current service budget is sufficient to cover costs including implementation.
Directorate	Community Development
Service area	Culture, Arts and Leisure
Lead officer	Hazel Smith
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	Abigail Burns - Project Manager

The chart below contains the main environmental factors to consider in your initial assessment – choose the appropriate option from the drop-down list for each one.

Remember to think about the following;

· Travel

· Construction

· Data storage

· Use of buildings

· Change of land use

· Opportunities for recycling and reuse

Environmental factor to consider	For the council	For the county	Overall
Greenhouse gas emissions	No effect on emissions	No Effect on emissions	No effect on emissions
Waste	No effect on waste	No effect on waste	No effect on waste
Water use	No effect on water usage	No effect on water usage	No effect on water usage
Pollution (air, land, water, noise, light)	No effect on pollution	No effect on pollution	No effect on pollution
Resilience to adverse weather/climate events (flooding, drought etc)	No effect on resilience	No effect on resilience	No effect on resilience
Ecological effects (biodiversity, loss of habitat etc)	No effect on ecology	No effect on ecology	No effect on ecology
Heritage and landscape	No effect on heritage and landscape	No effect on heritage and landscape	No effect on heritage and landscape

If any of these factors are likely to result in a negative or positive environmental impact then a full climate change impact assessment will be required. It is important that we capture information about both positive and negative impacts to aid the council in calculating its carbon footprint and environmental impact.

Decision (Please tick one option)	Full CCIA not relevant or proportionate:	X	Continue to full CCIA:
Reason for decision	As a like for like re-procurement there is no expectation that the change will effect a negative/positive impact.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)
Date	4/7/23