Climate Emergency Watch, BaNES

 Climate Emergency Watch BaNES:

• is led by citizens as a voluntary organisation;

• monitors BaNES council;

• compares BaNES to best practice;

• decides if BaNES is meeting its declared Climate Emergency ambitions;

• Responds appropriately.

This involves members who:

• work at their own pace;

• choose a defined area of focus;

• follow the council on that area;

• learn what other councils and countries are doing;

• evaluate if our council is doing as well as it should;

• if appropriate, recommend a response to their subgroup.
  If a positive or negative response seems appropriate:

  If a positive or negative response seems appropriate:

• the subgroup consults with the main group;

• together they consider the range of possible responses;

• decide between: contacting/meeting with a councillor, statement to committee or council, letter to Chronicle, press release or informing direct action groups.