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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

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Climate emergency declaration

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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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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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.

SectionArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Bo…Average 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

2201.7 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

10.1 tCO2

per person

1.5 ktCO2

per km2

57%

Industry

19%

Domestic

18%

Transport

4%

Agriculture

1%

Commercial

1%

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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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 Council65%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council65%NoNo targetNo
Redcar and Cleveland Council50%Yes2030March 28, 2019
High Peak Borough Council49%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council46%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council46%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council46%NoNo targetNo
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council44%No2037July 16, 2019
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council43%No2030May 2, 2020
Allerdale Borough Council42%Yes2030Sept. 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council60%NoNo targetNo
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council59%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
High Peak Borough Council52%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Redcar and Cleveland Council49%Yes2030March 28, 2019
Selby District Council39%Yes2030No
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council38%No2037July 16, 2019
The Moray Council38%Yes2030June 27, 2019
North East Lincolnshire Council37%Yes2050Sept. 19, 2019
Allerdale Borough Council36%Yes2030Sept. 25, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council36%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council95%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council95%NoNo targetNo
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council95%NoNo targetNo
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council95%NoNo targetNo
Belfast City Council93%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council92%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council91%No2030May 2, 2020
Ards and North Down Borough Council90%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council88%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council87%Yes2040July 2, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council86%Yes2040Jan. 29, 2020
Burnley Borough Council84%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council81%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Belfast City Council80%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Stoke-on-Trent City Council78%NoNo targetJuly 4, 2019
Bradford Metropolitan District Council78%Yes2030Jan. 15, 2019
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council78%Yes2038July 17, 2019
Hyndburn Borough Council78%No2030Sept. 19, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council78%NoNo targetNo
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council76%Yes2030July 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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
Malvern Hills District Council99%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Herefordshire Council97%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Torridge District Council93%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Stirling Council90%YesNo targetOct. 3, 2019
Melton Borough Council88%No2030July 17, 2019
Mendip District Council88%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council85%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020
Carmarthenshire County Council83%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Breckland District Council83%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
Angus Council81%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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

    armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk
    Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon-borough-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].

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