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Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on May 2, 2020.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Using renewable energy sources across the council’s full range of functions by 2030.”

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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Causeway Coast and Glens 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.

SectionCauseway Coast and Glens 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

910.9 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

6.3 tCO2

per person

0.5 ktCO2

per km2

37%

Transport

33%

Domestic

17%

Industry

9%

Agriculture

3%

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 Causeway Coast and Glens 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
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council83%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council80%NoNo targetNo
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council77%Yes2040July 2, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council67%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council58%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
East Ayrshire Council58%No2030No
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council57%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Dumfries and Galloway Council55%Yes2025June 27, 2019
The Highland Council55%No2025May 9, 2019
Scottish Borders Council54%Yes2045Sept. 5, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Causeway Coast and Glens 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
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council76%Yes2040July 2, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council75%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council73%NoNo targetNo
Scottish Borders Council71%Yes2045Sept. 5, 2020
Carmarthenshire County Council70%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Powys County Council70%No2030July 30, 2020
Derbyshire Dales District Council70%Yes2030May 30, 2019
Ceredigion County Council67%Yes2030March 5, 2020
Craven District Council67%No2030Aug. 6, 2019
Dumfries and Galloway Council67%Yes2025June 27, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council94%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council94%NoNo targetNo
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council94%NoNo targetNo
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council91%NoNo targetNo
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council91%NoNo targetNo
Belfast City Council91%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council91%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council88%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council88%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council87%Yes2040July 2, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Causeway Coast and Glens 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
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council99%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council93%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council93%NoNo targetNo
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council82%Yes2040July 2, 2019
Belfast City Council78%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council76%Yes2040Jan. 29, 2020
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council73%NoNo targetNo
Burnley Borough Council72%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council72%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Middlesbrough Borough Council69%No2029Sept. 4, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Causeway Coast and Glens 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
The Highland Council96%No2025May 9, 2019
Aberdeenshire Council96%No2045No
Perth and Kinross Council95%No2045No
Ryedale District Council90%No2050Oct. 10, 2019
Mid Suffolk District Council90%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Dumfries and Galloway Council90%Yes2025June 27, 2019
The Moray Council89%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council88%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Torridge District Council87%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Scottish Borders Council87%Yes2045Sept. 5, 2020

Powers & Responsibilities

Causeway Coast and Glens 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/causeway-coast-and-glens-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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