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East Staffordshire Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Aug. 17, 2020.

Council only pledge for 2040

“Reduce Carbon Emissions from our own activities to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2040.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF

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Climate Change Declaration And Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF

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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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SectionEast Staffordshire Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score24%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
6/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
5/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
1/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
4/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
1/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
1/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
1/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

596.1 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.9 tCO2

per person

1.5 ktCO2

per km2

33%

Transport

27%

Domestic

21%

Industry

13%

Commercial

3%

Public Sector

3%

Agriculture

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 Staffordshire 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
Nottinghamshire County Council87%No2030May 27, 2021
Staffordshire County Council87%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Rugby Borough Council86%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council85%No2030April 3, 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council85%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council84%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Derbyshire County Council83%Yes2032No
Suffolk County Council82%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council82%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council81%No2040Sept. 19, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Staffordshire 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
Suffolk County Council91%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Rugby Borough Council90%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council88%No2040Sept. 19, 2019
Norfolk County Council87%No2030No
Nottinghamshire County Council85%No2030May 27, 2021
Torfaen County Borough Council84%YesNo targetJune 25, 2019
Staffordshire County Council82%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council82%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council81%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council80%YesNo targetNo

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Lichfield District Council97%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Cannock Chase District Council96%No2030July 17, 2019
Staffordshire County Council96%Yes2050July 25, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council96%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council95%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Tamworth Borough Council95%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
Derbyshire Dales District Council95%Yes2030May 30, 2019
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council94%Yes2050Sept. 16, 2019
Derbyshire County Council94%Yes2032No
Derby City Council94%Yes2050May 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Staffordshire 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
West Lindsey District Council97%Yes2050No
South Lanarkshire Council97%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council96%No2030May 27, 2021
Fife Council96%Yes2045Sept. 26, 2019
Kent County Council94%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Wyre Council94%Yes2030July 11, 2019
North Northamptonshire Council94%Yes2030July 28, 2021
Bridgend County Borough Council94%No2030July 22, 2022
East Sussex County Council94%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council93%Yes2030No

These councils are the most similar to East Staffordshire 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
Hampshire County Council99%No2050June 17, 2019
South Lanarkshire Council98%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council96%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council96%No2030April 3, 2019
Lewes District Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Staffordshire County Council96%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Lancashire County Council96%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
Chelmsford City Council96%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Fenland District Council95%NoNo targetNo
West Lothian Council95%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

East Staffordshire Borough Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, 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.

    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
    Waste collection

    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

    eaststaffsbc.gov.uk
    East Staffordshire Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check East Staffordshire Borough 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 Staffordshire Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: East Staffordshire Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/east-staffordshire-borough-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].

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