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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

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Whole area pledge for 2050

“Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to level up work already underway to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and protect and enhance its green spaces and help meet its commitment to eradicating net carbon emissions across the area by 2050.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022

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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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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.

SectionCambridgeshire and Peterborough Combine…Average combined authority council
Total score0%48%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.5/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
9.4/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/5
2.2/5
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
5.0/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
3.0/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
2.6/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
1.1/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
2.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

4027.5 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.7 tCO2

per person

1.2 ktCO2

per km2

42%

Transport

29%

Domestic

14%

Industry

8%

Commercial

5%

Public Sector

2%

Agriculture

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

These councils are the most similar to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham82%No2030Jan. 30, 2020
Plymouth City Council80%Yes2030March 18, 2019
Royal Borough of Greenwich79%Yes2030June 26, 2019
Gosport Borough Council76%Yes2050No
Coventry City Council75%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019
Crawley Borough Council75%Yes2040July 17, 2019
London Borough of Hounslow75%Yes2030No
London Borough of Hackney74%Yes2040June 28, 2019
Portsmouth City Council74%No2030March 19, 2019
London Borough of Waltham Forest74%NoNo targetApril 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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
Chorley Council96%Yes2030Nov. 19, 2019
Worcestershire County Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2021
West Lancashire Borough Council95%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Wyre Council95%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Canterbury City Council95%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Milton Keynes95%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
Flintshire County Council95%YesNo targetNo
West Northamptonshire Council95%NoNo targetNo
North Northamptonshire Council93%Yes2030July 28, 2021
Bedford Borough Council93%Yes2030March 5, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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
Folkestone and Hythe District Council97%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Central Bedfordshire Council96%No2030July 19, 2019
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council96%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Tendring District Council96%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
Vale of White Horse District Council96%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
South Staffordshire Council94%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council94%Yes2030No
South Derbyshire District Council93%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Teignbridge District Council92%Yes2025April 18, 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire Council92%No2050Feb. 24, 2021

Powers & Responsibilities

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a Combined Authority, 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
    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

    Read more about English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

    cambspboroca.org
    Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s official homepage.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-combined-authority/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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