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STATES OF JERSEY
PROPOSITION
CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY: ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JERSEY (P.27/2019)
As adopted by the States on 2nd May 2019
THE STATES resumed consideration of the proposition of Deputy Robert James Ward of St. Helier , as amended, and, adopting the proposition, agreed that there existed a climate emergency likely to have profound effects in Jersey, and that in order to deal with this situation –
- Jersey should aim to be carbon-neutral by 2030, and the Council of Ministers was accordingly requested to draw up a plan to achieve this, for presentation to the States by the end of 2019;
- the Minister for the Environment was requested to carry out, as part of the process for drawing up the forthcoming Government Plan for 2020, an examination and assessment of more ambitious policies to accelerate carbon reduction, to include an assessment of the use of fiscal levels to change behaviour and raise awareness; and
- the Chief Minister was requested to ensure that consideration of action to tackle climate change in Jersey was included as a standing item on the agenda of the Council of Ministers.