Council votes to ditch 'toxic' net zero term

SOLIHULL Council is to ditch the environmental term net zero following a fierce debate.

- SAM GREENWAY News Reporter

Councillors clashed over renaming a plan on carbon emissions - with one claiming some residents saw net zero as a “toxic” term.

A council board meeting held a lengthy debate on the change, with a vote finally settling on using Solihull Climate Change Action Plan instead of Net Zero Action Plan (NZAP).

In 2021 the authority agreed a plan setting out action to support Solihull becoming a net zero borough by 2041, following the authority declaring a climate emergency in 2019.

During the debate Cllr Alison Rolf said: "For me, going from net zero kind of suggests it’s unattainable, is it?”