Issue - meetings

Report of the Climate Change Advisory Panel - Proposal for a Citizens Panel

To consider and decide on the recommendations as set out in the attached report.

Additional documents:

Webcast for Report of the Climate Change Advisory Panel - Proposal for a Citizens Panel

Decision:

RESOLVED –

1. That the report from the Climate Emergency Action Panel, and the options for public engagement on climate issues be noted.

2. That the report from the Climate Emergency Action Panel be forwarded onto Full Council for debate and guidance on the preferred public engagement option be approved.

REASON FOR DECISION:

To compliment the commitment by the Council to reach net carbon zero by 2030.

Minutes:

Paul Taylor, Director of Change and Communities introduced the report that set out the Climate Emergency Advisory Panel’s (CEAP) approach to citizen engagement and how it would proactively include young people in the process which included the following:

- The report included 3 options that CEAP had researched:

o A Citizen’s Assembly.

o A Citizen’s Panel.

o A Citizen’s Jury.

- The main differences between the 3 options related mainly to cost and the number of participants.

- The participants were selected through a randomised process that reflected the overall demographics of the Borough.

- Citizen’s Assembly:

o The estimated cost was between £80-£100k

o A group of between 40 and 75 participants.

o The duration of the exercise was about 30 hours.

- Citizen’s Panel:

o The estimated cost was between £40-70K.

o Made up of about 20 representatives.

o The duration of the exercise was about 20 hours.

- Citizen’s Jury:

o The estimated cost was between £15-20K.

o The number of participants was smaller than for the other two options, typically between 12 and 24.

o The duration of the exercise was about 14 hours.

- The options detailed in the report would be put forward to Cabinet and then on to Full Council for a full debate.