Climate awareness training for senior councillors and staff - Climate Emergency UK
Case reference FOI2026/00355
Received 2 April 2026
Published 1 May 2026
Request
Please treat this as an Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request. I would like information about your council's climate awareness training in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by the HR department or other departments that organise staff training. In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions: a. Have all senior management received climate awareness training, including Carbon Literacy, Climate Fresque or equivalent, before 30th June 2026? Please state the type of training. We are seeking information for senior managers who have had climate awareness training that has taken place since 1st January 2015 and up until 30th June 2026. We define senior management as including all Chief Executives, deputy Chief Executives and Directors or Heads of Departments, or equivalents, depending on what each council calls them. b. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs received climate awareness training, including Carbon Literacy, Climate Fresque, or equivalent, since being elected? Please state the type of training. We are only seeking information for cabinet or committee chairs who have taken climate awareness training that has taken place since 1st January 2015 and up until 6th May 2026. This could be training certified by the Carbon Literacy Project, Climate Fresque, or another organisation, university or in-house. We want to know the number of people who have attended the training. We don't need to know the number of staff that have received a certificate of completion or attendance.
Response
None of the Council’s councillors or members of the Senior Leadership Team undertook Carbon Literacy training delivered in-house.
In 2024, Oxford City Council received funding to implement a Carbon Literacy training programme. This programme was delivered to frontline staff and included the purchase of training materials, the qualification of staff as accredited Carbon Literacy trainers, and the funding of staff qualifications.
Carbon Literacy is currently a dormant scheme within Oxford City Council. While the Council retains staff qualified as trainers and holds the relevant course materials, there is currently no funding available to deliver further in-house courses.
In addition to the above, an Air Quality briefing was delivered by Oxford City Council officers on 7 October 2021, and an Energy Efficiency Measures briefing was delivered by Oxford City Council officers on 14 November 2023.
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