Climate Awareness Training for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. - Find a freedom of information request

I would like information about your council's climate awareness training in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by the HR department or other departments that organise staff training.

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

1. Have all senior management received climate awareness training, including Carbon Literacy or equivalent, before 15th August 2024? Please state the type of training.

We are seeking information for senior managers who have had climate awareness training that has taken place since 1st January 2015 and up until 15th August 2024. We define senior management as including all Chief Executives, deputy Chief Executives and Directors or Heads of Departments, or equivalents, depending on what each council calls them.

2. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs received climate awareness training, including Carbon Literacy or equivalent, since being elected from May 2023 or before? Please state the type of training.

We don't expect councillors who were elected in May 2024, or since, to have already been trained. We are only seeking information for cabinet or committee chairs who have taken climate awareness training that has taken place since 1st January 2015 and up until 15th August 2024.

This could be training certified by the Carbon Literacy Project or another organisation, university or in-house. We want to know the number of people who have attended the training. We don't need to know the number of staff that have received a certificate of completion or attendance.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.  

1. Yes. LCC ran an away day session on the Carbon Net Zero targets and the LCC’s Green Masterplan for LCC’s Corporate Leadership Team on 13/09/2023.

2. No, not all members. LCC ran training and development sessions for members on the Green Masterplan and the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions on 01/07/2024 and 11/07/2024. A copy of the flyer for the events is attached. A total of 28 of the councillors attended one of the sessions, from a total of 70 members.