Extreme heat forces postponement of council debate on scrapping climate emergency declaration
By
Henry Durand, Local Democracy Reporter
Summary
A Reform councillor's attempt to scrap West Norfolk Council's climate emergency declaration was postponed because the council chamber was too hot to hold the debate, with temperatures reaching the mid-30s Celsius and a rare red heat alert in effect. Councillor Austen Moore had proposed abandoning the climate emergency in favor of a "Practical Environmental and Resilience Strategy," but the mayor delayed the meeting citing comfort, wellbeing, and safety concerns. The irony of a climate-related debate being halted by extreme heat was not lost on observers.
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· 3 pulledAusten Moore had been due to argue that the authority should abandon its climate emergency declaration and instead adopt what he describes as a 'Practical Environmental and Resilience Strategy'
With temperatures climbing into the mid-30s and the Met Office issuing a rare red heat alert, the mayor postponed Thursday's full council meeting on grounds of 'comfort, wellbeing and safety'
King's Lynn Town Hall – a handsome but ageing building with no air co
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