Submission Documents: By Councillor Eva Murray:- "Council notes its previous decisions relating to COP26, specifically on 12th September 2019 and 23rd January 2020. Council believes: that COP26 is an opportunity for Glasgow to create a positive legacy for the City, its people and people around the world; that our City's Lord Provost and Bailies have a crucial role to play in promoting the City and facilitating much-needed international climate dialogue; and that COP26 represents an opportunity for our City to acknowledge its legacy of slavery and colonialism, and the role of the industrial revolution in developing our City. Council believes that to ensure that our City's recovery is on track to net-zero emissions and limits the rise in the global temperature to 1.5 degrees, it is imperative that as many citizens as possible are engaged in building a legacy from this 'make-or-break' conference, specifically citizens from under-represented groups. Council therefore resolves:- that monthly updates be provided to all Councillors on COP26 planning from May 2021; that a progress report be provided to each City Policy Committee reflecting on their role in developing a legacy for COP26 before summer recess; that a report be brought to the relevant committee before summer recess outlining the steps the Council will take to ensure that venues and community spaces either owned or operated by the Council are not used for the benefit of those commercial organisations who deny, ignore or wilfully contribute to catastrophic climate change, for the duration of COP26; to make stronger efforts to ensure the representation and amplification of the voices from the Global South and First Nation peoples, utilising resources at our disposal to provide and create such opportunities; and to provide an update to the relevant committee outlining the Council's engagement with the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland People's Summit." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Eva Murray:- "Council notes its previous decisions relating to COP26, specifically on 12th September 2019 and 23rd January 2020. Council believes: that COP26 is an opportunity for Glasgow to create a positive legacy for the City, its people and people around the world; that our City's Lord Provost and Bailies have a crucial role to play in promoting the City and facilitating much-needed international climate dialogue; and that COP26 represents an opportunity for our City to acknowledge its legacy of slavery and colonialism, and the role of the industrial revolution in developing our City. Council believes that to ensure that our City's recovery is on track to net-zero emissions and limits the rise in the global temperature to 1.5 degrees, it is imperative that as many citizens as possible are engaged in building a legacy from this 'make-or-break' conference, specifically citizens from under-represented groups. Council therefore resolves:- that monthly updates be provided to all Councillors on COP26 planning from May 2021; that a progress report be provided to each City Policy Committee reflecting on their role in developing a legacy for COP26 before summer recess; that a report be brought to the relevant committee before summer recess outlining the steps the Council will take to ensure that venues and community spaces either owned or operated by the Council are not used for the benefit of those commercial organisations who deny, ignore or wilfully contribute to catastrophic climate change, for the duration of COP26; to make stronger efforts to ensure the representation and amplification of the voices from the Global South and First Nation peoples, utilising resources at our disposal to provide and create such opportunities; and to provide an update to the relevant committee outlining the Council's engagement with the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland People's Summit.".

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Item Minute - 01 April 2021 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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