GIBRALTAR NET ZERO DELIVERY BODY MEETS
A workshop to discuss the setting up and operation of the Gibraltar Net Zero Delivery Body ( NZDB ) took place on the 24th of May .
The delivery body ’ s main objective will be to facilitate the implementation of Gibraltar ’ s Climate Change Strategy by assigning responsibility to a body which can advocate and drive its delivery to increase the likelihood of its success .
The benefits of the NZDB include :
- Greater success of the Climate Change Strategy overall . Better advocating for and monitoring of progress . Clear public accountability for delivery . Ability to join-up government departments , agencies and authorities as well as other stakeholders at all levels . - Creation of a coordinated public engagement campaign .
Members of the Board will include the Minister for the Environment , the Minister for Transport and other senior government officials . The body will be supported by a Secretariat hosted by the Department of the Environment and Climate Change . The Secretariat will be responsible for creating specific working groups that will work to deliver key policies of the strategy within given timeframes .
Together with its appointed consultants KPMG , The Department of the Environment , Sustainability , Climate Change and Heritage , has been carrying out stakeholder engagement for the last two months to ensure that the NZDB can work for all participants .
In a press release , the Gibraltar Government said , “ The Climate Change Strategy is an ambitious programme in terms of scope and targets , and it acknowledges that delivering on it will require cooperation and coordination across Government , as well as with businesses and individuals ”.
Reunion del organismo Gibraltar Net Zero Delivery
El 24 de mayo se celebró un taller para debatir la creación y el funcionamiento del Organismo de Ejecución Net Zero de Gibraltar ( NZDB ).
El principal objetivo del organismo de ejecución será facilitar la aplicación de la Estrategia de Cambio Climático de Gibraltar asignando la responsabi-
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