EIR Request - Lobbying for Climate Action & Funding

Request 101003219595

I would like information about your council’s lobbying work in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards.

In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following question:

1. Has the council written to or met with UK national or devolved governments to ask or lobby for climate action since 1st January 2019? Please provide some evidence of the most recent letter or meeting such as a copy of the letter or email sent, or the date, topic of meeting and position of the person that the meeting was held with.

This includes either asking for more powers and funding for local authorities to take climate action, or asking for the government to take further action themselves. This includes working with other local authorities to send joint letters or meetings to lobby UK or devolved governments, and includes both general climate action and calls for action on specific issues such as transport where climate change is mentioned as a motivating factor for taking action.  

This includes if a cabinet member or other councillor has written to or met with the UK or devolved governments on behalf of the council.

Response 13-02-2023

1. No information held. There was no specific meetings or lobbying. Almost all funding or projects have a climate /carbon element; it is part of  the make-up of everything and so cannot really be separated from other meetings.
The only other aspect could be that CoSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) has lobbied (or worked with) the Scottish Government on behalf of all Councils over climate change and other issues of funding and policy. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.