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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

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Climate pledges

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Climate documents

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Climate Plan Scorecard

This council’s climate plans as of 20th September 2021 were assessed and scored by trained Climate Emergency UK volunteers, as part of the Council Climate Plan Scorecards project.

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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.

SectionAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough CouncilAverage Northern Ireland council
Total score0%26%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
6.0/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
3.8/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.5/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
3.0/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
0.5/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.5/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.0/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
0.8/4

Emissions data

1141.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

7.9 tCO2

per person

1.6 ktCO2

per km2

50%

Industry

25%

Domestic

18%

Transport

2%

Commercial

2%

Agriculture

2%

Public Sector

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council85%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
High Peak Borough Council60%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council59%NoNo targetSept. 28, 2022
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council59%Yes2030Sept. 28, 2020
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council58%NoNo targetNo
Ards and North Down Borough Council58%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council58%No2037July 16, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council58%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Redcar and Cleveland Council57%Yes2030March 28, 2019
Allerdale Borough Council56%Yes2030Sept. 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in terms of their emissions profile, based on the latest data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council80%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
High Peak Borough Council71%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council62%Yes2045June 27, 2019
The Moray Council57%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Redcar and Cleveland Council56%Yes2030March 28, 2019
North East Lincolnshire Council55%Yes2050Sept. 19, 2019
Selby District Council54%Yes2030No
Allerdale Borough Council52%Yes2030Sept. 25, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council52%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Rutland County Council52%No2050No
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council97%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council97%NoNo targetNo
Belfast City Council97%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council94%NoNo targetNo
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council94%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council94%No2030May 2, 2020
Ards and North Down Borough Council93%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council93%NoNo targetNo
Derry City and Strabane District Council86%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council84%Yes2040July 2, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in high deprivation, medium deprivation, and low deprivation neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council98%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council96%Yes2030Sept. 28, 2020
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council88%Yes2030No
Ards and North Down Borough Council88%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council85%NoNo targetNo
Tendring District Council84%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
East Lindsey District Council82%Yes2040No
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council80%Yes2040Sept. 18, 2019
Ashfield District Council80%NoNo targetNo
Thanet District Council79%Yes2030July 11, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
West Berkshire Council99%No2030July 2, 2019
East Hampshire District Council98%No2050July 18, 2019
East Suffolk Council97%No2030July 24, 2019
Oxfordshire County Council96%No2030April 2, 2019
Suffolk County Council96%Yes2030March 21, 2019
West Suffolk Council96%No2030Sept. 19, 2019
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council96%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Braintree District Council95%Yes2030July 22, 2019
Fife Council95%Yes2045Sept. 26, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council94%NoNo targetNo

Powers & Responsibilities

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Northern Irish Council, with powers over:

Council buildings and staff

Climate actions might include:

  • making council offices more energy efficient
  • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
  • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    Environmental health

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing industrial emissions through air quality enforcement
    • bringing up insulation and energy efficiency standards through enforcement of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and Decent Homes Standard 2000, for cold and damp conditions in private rental and social housing

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Planning and building control

    Climate actions might include:

    • imposing reasonable requirements that new developments comply with energy efficiency standards and get a proportion of their energy from local, renewable sources (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • incorporating additional energy performance standards into their Local Plan, for new works that require planning permission
    • using Area Action Plans to guide development proposals towards lower carbon emissions or more cycling and walking routes, for example
    • enforcing legislation that requires private rental properties to be of Energy Efficiency Rating E or above (Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2015)
    • funding energy efficiency improvements on existing homes, through initiatives such as Green Homes Grants

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Spending, procuring, and investing

    Climate actions might include:

    • embedding carbon impact assessment as part of the council’s budgeting and financial accountability process
    • utilising Public Works Loan Board loans or the Business Rates Retention Scheme to invest in emissions-reducing capital projects that otherwise wouldn’t get funded
    • specifying low carbon equipment and practices when procuring for relevant services from suppliers
    • prioritising positive environmental impacts during procurement, through the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
    Waste collection and disposal

    Climate actions might include:

    • establishing ‘Joint Waste Solutions’ with neighbouring councils, to get more value out of waste, recycling, and street cleaning contracts
    • running marketing campaigns to encourage residential recycling, reuse, and waste minimisation

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Read more about local authority powers across the UK, at The Institute for Government.

    More about this council

    antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk
    Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.

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    Cite this page

    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/antrim-and-newtownabbey-borough-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].

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