As last month’s full council meeting ended up lasting a mammoth six hours, a couple of items were deferred to the next meeting.
That meeting takes place on 28th October and one item that will be heard is the motion from Cllr Geoff Lumley that
“The Council resolves to sign up to the 10:10 campaign, committing itself to cutting the Council’s carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010. We also encourage Island residents, businesses and organisations to do the same.”
We were surprised that the Isle of Wight Council had not already made their pledge, so it’s great to see Cllr Lumley proposing this motion.
Apparently at least 50 Councils across the country and a third of all London Authorities have made the commitment and signed up to 10:10.
With IW Radio reporting today that the Council’s carbon emissions on waste have increased over the last three years, we expect that Cllr Pugh and his colleagues will be falling over themselves to agree to sign up to the 10:10 agreement.
What’s it all about
So what is this 10:10 agreement about, you might ask.
By all accounts, this project seems to be turning into a national movement. The aim is to bring every sector of British society together to unite on one simple idea: that by working together it’s possible to achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010.
Now, we realise that a 10% cut isn’t going to ‘save the planet’ from the effects of climate change, but it’s a good step towards it as well as raising awareness and hopefully changing people’s habits.
You can sign up as an individual or business by visiting the 10:10 Website.
Parliament to debate signing 10:10 agreement
At the weekend, the Liberal Democrats tabled a special Opposition Day debate in Parliament for tomorrow (Wednesday).
It also proposes signing up Parliament, government and all of the
public sector to 10:10.
We’ll let you know how the debate goes and whether this motion is passed.
