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Climate awareness training for senior councillors and staff
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I would like information about your council’s climate awareness training in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by the HR department or other departments that organise staff training.
1. Have all senior management received climate awareness training, including Carbon Literacy or equivalent, before 15th August 2024? Please state the type of training.
We are seeking information for senior managers who have had climate awareness training that has taken place since 1st January 2015 and up until 15th August 2024. We define senior management as including all Chief Executives, deputy Chief Executives and Directors or Heads of Departments, or equivalents, depending on what each council calls them.
All staff and members have access to Climate Emergency eLearning. Not all senior management have completed the eLearning, but this is part of the 2024/25 training plan, however they have had sessions as part of senior management meetings about Climate Emergency.
All senior leaders have attended in house session relating to Climate Emergency. This is not accredited.
2. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs received climate awareness training, including Carbon Literacy or equivalent, since being elected from May 2023 or before? Please state the type of training.
We don’t expect councillors who were elected in May 2024, or since, to have already been trained. We are only seeking information for cabinet or committee chairs who have taken climate awareness training that has taken place since 1st January 2015 and up until 15th August 2024.
We held all out elections in May 2024. We operate an Executive and leader model. Not all current Executive Members or Committee Chairs have received climate awareness training.
The information we hold on Councillor training completed is provided on the Council website "Your Councillors" (moderngov.co.uk) by selecting the relevant Councillor, and selecting training. Details of the current membership of Executive is 'Executive posts', and details of Committee Chairs are available 'Committee structure'.
