Decision details

The Board considered the Public Health Annual Report for 2022. The report highlighted the need for a sustained and coordinated response to climate change across Cheshire East. Addressing climate change could have the potential to: improve health and wellbeing and address inequalities; to improve quality of places and green infrastructure; and increase economic productivity and growth.

The report outlined the steps already being taken locally and recommended that continual progress be made to meet the pledge to make Cheshire East a carbon neutral borough by 2045 through:

·         Continual progress to meet the pledge to make Cheshire East a carbon neutral borough by 2045 through:

·         Public sector leading by example

·         Working in partnership with NHS, businesses, voluntary sector to ensure that climate change and sustainability was a priority for all

·         Developing multi-agency integrated sustainable policies across different sectors and departments

·         Ensuring that policies address both climate change and health inequalities

·         Engaging all stakeholders and public through information campaign and consultation exercises

·         Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of policies and strategies

·         In response to the recovery from the pandemic it was important to build on some of the positive changes seen during the response to the pandemic, such as the choice to work from home, enhancing the local opportunities for active travel and the reduction in traffic and air pollution.

RESOLVED: That:-

The Public Health Annual Report and the Executive Summary be approved for publication.