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East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Feb. 24, 2021.

Council only pledge for 2050

“The Council has an ambition to be net-zero carbon by 2050 in line with the Governments’ target…. It was important for the Panel to recognise that councils could only commit to a target of net zero for their own services and activities.”

Climate documents

Last update: Jan. 24, 2023

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.

Show the full Scorecard Read more about the scoring process

East Riding of Yorkshire 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.

SectionEast Riding of Yorkshire CouncilAverage single tier council
Total score0%50%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
10.3/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
9.0/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
4.1/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
5.1/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.9/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
2.2/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.9/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
2.3/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
2.1/4

Emissions data

1701.5 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.0 tCO2

per person

0.7 ktCO2

per km2

33%

Domestic

32%

Transport

18%

Industry

7%

Commercial

6%

Agriculture

3%

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 East Riding of Yorkshire 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
North Yorkshire County Council87%Yes2030No
Lincolnshire County Council81%Yes2050No
South Kesteven District Council80%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Derbyshire County Council79%Yes2032No
West Lancashire Borough Council79%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council78%No2030May 27, 2021
Melton Borough Council78%No2030July 17, 2019
Leicestershire County Council78%No2030May 15, 2019
South Lakeland District Council78%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
South Staffordshire Council78%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Riding of Yorkshire 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
South Ayrshire Council91%No2045No
Angus Council90%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council87%Yes2030No
North Norfolk District Council87%Yes2030April 24, 2019
Argyll and Bute Council84%Yes2045No
Cumbria County Council81%Yes2050No
East Lindsey District Council80%Yes2040No
Gwynedd County Council78%No2030March 7, 2019
South Lakeland District Council77%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Stirling Council77%YesNo targetOct. 3, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council97%No2030March 21, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council95%Yes2030No
North East Lincolnshire Council92%Yes2050Sept. 19, 2019
West Lindsey District Council92%Yes2050No
Ryedale District Council91%No2050Oct. 10, 2019
Scarborough Borough Council91%No2030Jan. 7, 2019
City of York Council90%Yes2030March 11, 2019
Selby District Council89%Yes2030No
City of Lincoln Council89%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council89%No2040Sept. 19, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Riding of Yorkshire 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
Gloucestershire County Council98%Yes2030May 15, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council96%Yes2030No
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)95%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Cambridgeshire County Council95%Yes2050May 14, 2019
Stafford Borough Council95%No2040July 23, 2019
Canterbury City Council94%Yes2030July 18, 2019
South Kesteven District Council94%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
North West Leicestershire District Council94%Yes2030June 25, 2019
Vale of Glamorgan Council93%Yes2030July 29, 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council93%Yes2030July 10, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Riding of Yorkshire 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
Sevenoaks District Council97%Yes2030No
Northumberland Council96%Yes2030June 11, 2019
Vale of White Horse District Council96%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council95%Yes2030No
Ards and North Down Borough Council95%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Folkestone and Hythe District Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019
West Lancashire Borough Council94%Yes2030July 17, 2019
North West Leicestershire District Council94%Yes2030June 25, 2019
South Oxfordshire District Council93%Yes2025April 11, 2019
Broadland District Council93%No2050No

Powers & Responsibilities

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Unitary 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
    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.

    Passenger transport

    Climate actions might include:

    • encouraging bus and private hire operators to use low-emission vehicles, through licensing requirements or Clean Air Zones
    • incentivising bus use by improving routes, timetables, and ticket prices through ‘Enhanced Partnerships’ with operators
    • proposing to central government the development of light rail / tram networks that integrate, rather than compete, with other modes of transport in the area

    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.

    Schools and libraries

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing the carbon footprint of civic buildings through better insulation and renewable energy use
    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
    • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    • encouraging eco-clubs at schools
    • using school land to plant trees and hedgerows, or to grow food

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Housing

    Climate actions might include:

    • setting energy standards above building regulations (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • enabling housing associations to improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock through loans
    • where councils operate their own social housing, prioritising energy efficiency – for example, by requiring Passivhaus standard for newly built schemes

    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
    Transport planning

    Climate actions might include:

    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ like walking and cycling by creating or widening footways and cycleways
    • incentivising Electric Vehicle use by assigning street space to EV charging
    • disincentivising the use of fossil fuel cars through congestion charging,low-traffic neighbourhoods, or the reduction of parking space

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    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 English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

    eastriding.gov.uk
    East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.
    Friends of the Earth ‘Near You’ tool
    Discover climate groups in this area, data about East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    Cite this page

    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/east-riding-of-yorkshire-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].

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