Taskforce on climate change

Thursday 13 August 2009

The joint ministerial Third Sector Taskforce on Climate Change, the Environment and Sustainable Development was established in March 2009 to accelerate commitment and action on climate change and sustainability throughout the third sector.

Jo Butcher, assistant director for health, wellbeing and environment, is NCB's lead on sustainable development and the taskforce's sole youth sector representative.

The taskforce has formed three working groups: Third Sector Leadership; Jobs, Procurement and Service Delivery; and Communities. Butcher has convened a working group to identify key learning and messages from activity within the children and young people's sector on sustainable development, which she will feed into the taskforce.

She said: "This group is exploring the important contribution that children and young people make to leadership on sustainable living and climate change nationally and in their communities. They have a significant stake in decisions and must be involved at all levels, utilising third sector organisations' expertise in involving them."

NCB also co-manages the Building a Climate Smart Future project with the Institute for Development Studies, funded by the Baring Foundation. Delivery partners are Action For Children, the Pre-school Learning Alliance, and The National Youth Agency.

To find out more, email jbutcher@ncb.org.uk. To see the taskforce's programme, visit www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy/index.asp?id=13206.