Recommendations approved with the following amendments:
a)
Agree
this Climate and Natural Environment Policy Statement to ensure environmental considerations
are placed at the heart of policy and decision-making across the County
Council.
b)
Re-affirm
commitment to the shared environment principles of the Future Oxfordshire
Partnership Oxford-Cambridge Arc, set out in Appendix 1.
c)
Lead
positive change through a new County-wide strategic framework, detailed in
Appendix 2, to ensure the principles for climate action, environmental
resilience and nature recovery are embedded in the breadth of County Council
partnership activity across Oxfordshire.
d)
delegate authority to make amendments to the Policy
to the Corporate Director Environment & Place.