Lobbying for climate action & funding
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Dear Warwick District Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s lobbying work in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following question:
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.
This includes either asking for more powers and funding for local authorities to take climate action, or asking for the government to take further action themselves. This includes working with other local authorities to send joint letters or meetings to lobby UK or devolved governments, and includes both general climate action and calls for action on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as a motivating factor for taking action.
This includes if a cabinet member or other councillor has written to or met with the UK or devolved governments on behalf of the council.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
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Freedom of Information #20958
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#20958
Dear Hannah Jewell
a) we have lobbied BEIS to relax the criteria for the Green Homes Grants
to enable the more properties within the District to benefit. In
particular we have sought to increase the income threshold and to include
flatted properties. We have also lobbied for longer timelines to enable
better planning, design and delivery. See letter/emails dated Dec 2022 and
Jan 2023
b) we have lobbied the relevant ministers and national bodies to seek a
stronger focus on hydrogen and to enable local authorities to take a
stronger lead in bringing forward schemes – for instance some current
funding streams are not open to the public sector. See letter/emails dated
Sept 2020
c) We have lobbied the Government on planning and housing standards
seeking to ensure Building Regulations and the Future Homes Standard are
put in to effect more quickly to stop the ever growing volume of housing
that will need to be retrofitted. See letter/emails dated Mar, May, June
and July 2020
d) We have lobbied for a better approach to the Public Sector
Decarbonisation scheme. See letter/emails dated Dec 2020
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