Carbon literacy training for senior councillors and staff

Dear Ms Jewell

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Yours sincerely

Lisa Coles
Senior Business Support Officer (Complaints/FOI) / Uwch Swyddog Cymorth Busnes (Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth)
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Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen
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Dear Ms Jewell

Further to your e-mail below, I am now in a position to respond to your
request as follows:

I would like information about your council’s carbon literacy training in
relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This
information may be held by the HR department or other departments that
organise staff training.  In particular, please supply me with information
relating to the following questions:

a. Have all senior management received carbon literacy training or
equivalent since 1st January 2019? Please state the type of training. No –
please see below

b. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs
received carbon literacy training or equivalent since being elected? 
Please state the type of training. No – please see below

This training could be from the Carbon Literacy Organisation or another
organisation, university or in-house.  We want to know the number of
people who have attended the training. We don’t need to know the number of
staff that have received a certificate of completion or attendance.

We have had 16 attend Carbon Literacy training (including 1 member of
Leadership Team and 3 Elected Members)

15 Elected Members attended in-house Member Induction – on Sustainable
Development and Climate Change

2 x staff attended Met Office Climate Change Training: Modules 1 & 2
(Climate Science and Climate Predictions)

2 x staff attended An Introduction to Climate Adaptation run by Local
Partnerships on behalf of Cardiff Capital Region

8 x staff attended WLGA Decarbonisation Masterclasses Seminars

2 x staff attended WLGA Leadership for Climate Change Seminars (including
1 Head of Service)

We have also developed our own in-house staff climate change e-learning,
that we hope to roll-out shortly.

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Yours sincerely

Lisa Coles

Senior Business Support Officer (Complaints/FOI) / Uwch Swyddog Cymorth
Busnes (Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth)

Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau

Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen

Phone/Ffôn: 01495 761615/ Fax/Ffacs: 01495 766331

Email/E-Bost: [3][email address]

[4]www.torfaen.gov.uk / Follow us on Twitter / Find us on Facebook

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