This consultation has ended.
The consultation
After declaring a climate emergency in April 2019, Ealing Council began to develop its plans to reach the net zero target by 2030. Staff formed working groups and received feedback from residents and politicians to shape the draft Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy. The summary strategy was agreed by cabinet in May 2020, and the next step is refining the draft strategy through engagement with the community.
The council engagement plans were split into two tracks. The first was the immediate review of the plan, with consultation feedback to be incorporated before the strategy is finalised in late 2020. The second was to begin long-term communications and engagement with the community to develop a deep commitment to climate action, which remains under development and outside the scope of this consultation
What you said
The public consultation on the draft climate and ecological emergency strategy took place from 21 August to 27 September 2020. It mainly took the form of an online survey, where a total of 518 responses were received. Direct written responses were also received from the Ealing Green Party, Ealing Transition and Ealing Friends of the Earth as well as 21 individuals.
The full results from that consultation are now available alongside the draft strategy for reference.
What happens next?
The council values the feedback from the public and will now carefully consider how to use this information to update the climate and ecological emergency strategy. The following have been agreed as next steps:
- The respondents require the strategy to be clearer and offer more data, so it will be a priority to make updates that address this input with the aim of making the document accessible for more audiences
- Officers will review suggested missing themes and determine which can be addressed in the first version of the strategy and which require further evidence gathering and planning for future versions and/or additions
- The council will revise vision statements to make them clearer and more ambitious as a result of consultation findings
- The council will carefully consider recommendations from respondents for additional or amended targets and objectives. Officers will decide what will be included in this version of the strategy based on whether they add value to the strategy, contribute to carbon reduction goals, are viable to introduce and are within the council’s ability to control and/or influence
- Officers involved in this strategy will ensure comments related to other areas of work, specifically areas of planning and transport, are received by colleagues.
The current draft of the strategy represents a starting place for the organisation. The existing draft will be presented to cabinet for adoption in January 2021, and if approved will be live after that. The magnitude and speed of the task ahead, public feedback, evolving research, new funding opportunities and delivery experiences require the organisation to treat it as a 'live' document, that will be evaluated and amended annually.
Further details
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