Councillors will be asked to endorse the adoption of five "climate pledges" at Cessnock City Council's first meeting for 2021 this Wednesday night.

The pledges are part of council's membership to The Climate Council's Cities Power Partnership, Australia's largest local government climate network, which it joined in August last year.

Councils who join the partnership must make five pledges in either renewable energy, efficiency, transport or working in partnership to tackle climate change within six months of joining.

The pledges put forward to councillors at Wednesday night's meeting include installing renewable energy on council buildings; ensuring council fleet purchases meet strict greenhouse gas emissions requirements and support the uptake of electric vehicles; actively participating in the development of a regional electric vehicle strategy; rolling out energy-efficient lighting across the city, and to open up unused council-managed land for renewable energy.

The pledges were developed from key interest areas that were identified at a Hunter Joint Organisation regional forum in November. All council staff were invited to provide feedback and assist in the development of the pledges.

The report by council's strategic planning manager Martin Johnson notes that a number of the pledges are already funded and are contained within council work programs, such as installing solar panels on council buildings and the roll-out of energy-efficient lighting.

"The pledge relating to the regional electric vehicle strategy is likely to require staff time only. The remaining two pledges can be funded over a number of years, may be done in partnership/s and may be able to be funded by grants," Mr Johnson's report says.

"The successful implementation of the pledges will result in long-term financial benefits for council, both in terms of income generation and cost savings."

Mr Johnson's report says the Cities Power Partnership pledges are directly supported by council's Climate Change Policy (which it adopted in May 2020, setting a target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050).

"The pledges further cements council's commitment to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and to assist our region in building climate resilience," the report says.

Notices of motion regarding suburb entry signage at Heddon Greta and Cliftleigh, creek crossings around the LGA, the Cessnock regional skate park and Carmichael Park BMX facility, benefits of external membership and community engagement are also among the items up for discussion at Wednesday's meeting.

The meeting starts at 6.30pm and will be live-streamed on council's Facebook page.

As voted at the final meeting of 2020, council will continue to meet monthly until at least September this year, when the local government elections will be held.