At Monday night’s Full Council Meeting, Walsall Liberal Democrat councillors voted for the following motion which was duly approved:

This Council recognises that:

Climate Change is having a marked impact on the lives of the people of Walsall and of the world.

The impact of Climate Change is a real threat to the future of our World and there is a responsibility on all of us to do all we can to reduce the negative impact from our activities on the environment.

As a Local Authority we have a negative impact on the environment through our use of fossil fuels, energy wastage, inefficiencies in insulation of our buildings, the reliance on diesel fuelled vehicles and machinery etc.

This council therefore resolves to call a Climate Emergency – as a number of boroughs across the country have done so.

In accepting that there is a Climate Emergency this Council resolves to develop strategies to reduce our Carbon Footprint and categorically commits to making Walsall Council a net Zero Carbon authority by the year 2050.

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