Carbon literacy training for senior councillors and staff

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Dear Derbyshire County Council,

Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.

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.

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.

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.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK

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CST Access 2 Info (Corporate Services and Transformation), Derbyshire County Council

Dear Ms Jewell,

 

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Derbyshire County Council

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Matlock

DE4 3AG

 

 

 

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Caroline Toplis (Place), Derbyshire County Council

Good Afternoon,

 

Here is Derbyshire County Council’s response to your question regarding
Carbon Literacy training for senior councillors and staff:

 

Derbyshire County Council provides a comprehensive training programme on
climate change which takes three main strands:

 1. In-house on-line staff induction training module on climate change and
environmental sustainability
 2. In-house ‘Everybody’s Business’ on-line or face-to-face training
course on climate change. This is adapted according to the audience
with versions available for officers and Elected Members
 3. Certified Carbon Literacy Training (now including Climate Fresk)

 

In addition to this, further training, briefing and workshops with a
specific focus are provided to:

• senior officers on climate mitigation and adaptation issues
• Elected Members on climate mitigation and adaptation issues (including
to Members of the Improvement and Scrutiny Committee on Climate
Change, Biodiversity and Carbon Reduction)

 

Kind regards,

Caroline

 

Caroline Toplis | Programme Manager – Climate Change | Place | Derbyshire
County Council | County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3AG
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