Lobbying for climate action & funding

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Ref - 1005867

Good morning,

Thank you for your freedom of information request received on 16th
January, please see our response below and in the attached documents.

Has the council written to or met with UK national or devolved governments
to ask or lobby for climate action since 1st January 2019? Please provide
some evidence of the most recent letter or meeting such as a copy of the
letter or email sent, or the date, topic of meeting and position of the
person that the meeting was held with.

The Council influences national government by working with the Midlands
Net Zero Hub (MNZH) through strategic joint district and borough climate
change working groups led by Rushcliffe Borough Council’s CEO.  The aim of
the meeting is to work in collaboration to identify funding opportunities,
shared lobbying which is fed back to BEIS via MNZH and also collaborate on
county wide bidding processes.  There I also a large focus on managing the
devolution process and ensuring that both the Nottingham and Derbyshire
local authorities are in the best place for rollout of funding via the
D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.

Regarding the second query, the Council has asked on two occasions for
more funding under the Local Authority Delivery 2 and potential
Sustainable Warmth Competition underspends.  The feedback from these
schemes is again fed back to the MNZH who are administering a
collaborative bid for the Nottinghamshire Councils.  Although we have
acknowledged that the funding amounts from BEIS are very limited in terms
of a realistic decarbonisation of the borough, we are still keen to
maximise the amount.

We are also very heavily involved in the Devo Deal and fully paid up in
terms of the development work:
[1]https://www.eastmidlandsdevolution.co.uk...

This is supported by both Political and Council Business Leadership

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[2]Disclosure Log - Rushcliffe Borough Council

Regards

Rushcliffe Borough Council Customer Services

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