PCAN - Climate Commissions

What are Climate Commissions?

Climate Commissions are city-wide partnerships bringing together people from the public, private and civic sectors who work collaboratively with the local authority to help drive climate action. Commissions are independent advisory groups and do not have a governance role. For further information read our briefing note, What is a local Climate Commission?

The first climate commission was established in Leeds in 2017. Read more about the structure of the Leeds Climate Commission and how it was set up.

Under PCAN, two further core climate commissions were also been launched, in Belfast (January 2020) and Edinburgh (February 2020). The first regional commission was launched in – Yorkshire and Humber.

Other commissions supported by PCAN included York Climate Commission, Essex Climate Action Commission, Kirklees Climate Commission, the Doncaster Climate and Biodiversity Emergency Commission and the Croydon Climate Crisis Commission (now completed).

Climate Commission Cookbook

The Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN) released a guide to how to make – or in this case, ‘bake’ – a climate commission.

The Climate Commission Cookbook is a handy leaflet with simple step-by-step instructions for people wanting to follow the model developed by PCAN for its suite of place-based climate action platforms.