A PUBLIC meeting on June 13 (7pm start) at Penrhyn Hall, Bangor will hear what action is being taken by Gwynedd, Ynys Môn and Conwy councils to combat climate change and its impacts.

All three councils have declared a climate emergency and have made varying degrees of progress in developing plans to reduce their own carbon emissions, for example, the emissions associated with council buildings, waste disposal, land use, street lighting and procurement.

The meeting will consider whether these actions go far enough and assess ways in which the plans could be improved and potentially extended to cover other sources of carbon emission across the counties.

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It will also hear about the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign in Wales, which is encouraging all levels of government, as well as other institutions and organisations, to adopt comprehensive climate plans aligned with the target of limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C.

Finally, there will be discussion of how the councils’ pension fund could divert its remaining fossil fuel investments into environmentally friendly projects that offer good returns for pension fund members and avoid fuelling the climate crisis.

The meeting is being organised jointly by the environmental campaigning groups North West Wales Climate Action and Climate Cymru.

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It will be chaired by Conwy councillor, Aaron Wynne.

Speakers will include Bethan Richardson, Gwynedd Council’s climate change programme manager, and Sam Ward, manager of Climate Cymru -- a network of more than 330 organisations from every sector in Welsh society.

Heather Bolton, one of the meeting organisers, said: “This meeting is being organised as part of Climate Cymru’s Great Big Green Week, during which hundreds of events will be taking place throughout Wales.

“It will provide an excellent opportunity to weigh up whether the steps being taken by our councils to fight climate change are sufficient.

“It will also hopefully encourage our councils in North West Wales to join the many councils in South Wales that have already signed up to the Race to Zero campaign.

“We think that members of the public have a vital role to play in achieving the change that is necessary, and we urge everyone with an interest in local climate action to attend.”