Decision details

Approval to authorise the draft CDP response for North Yorkshire Council and to delegate authority to the Assistant Director (Environmental Services and Climate Change) to approve the final submission for North Yorkshire Council to the external CDP reporting framework.

In line with best practice, North Yorkshire Council as part of its Climate Change commitments recognises the need to be transparent and accountable through external disclosures.

Disclosing to the CDP helps North Yorkshire Council align with best-practice nationally and internationally and enables the assessment of our Climate Change Plans against internationally recognised standards whilst identifying (through feedback) opportunities for improvement.

As part of North Yorkshire Council’s Climate Change reporting, Officers have produced a draft response and approval is sought to submit to the external disclosure platform for the first time.

Delegating authority to Assistant Director - Environmental Services and Climate Change to sign off the final version will allow the Council to complete and submit a full response by the 18 September deadline.

Not disclosing to CDP-ICLEI Track has been rejected as the platform allows for progress of the council’s efforts to reach Net Zero by 2030 to be monitored and measured and it is included in the Climate Change Delivery Pathway governance section to participate. CDP holds the largest data set on corporate and city (including Local Authority) action and is considered the gold standard for environmental reporting.

Delegating authority to Assistant Director - Environmental Services and Climate Change to sign off the final version will allow the Council to complete and submit a full response by the 18 September deadline.