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East Suffolk Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 24, 2019.

Whole area pledge for 2030

“Since its creation in April 2019, East Suffolk Council has had an ambitious environmental vision to build the right environment for East Suffolk and it's committed to be carbon neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: Sept. 27, 2021
East Suffolk Council Summary Document

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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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East Suffolk 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 Suffolk CouncilAverage district council
Total score0%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

1012.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.0 tCO2

per person

0.8 ktCO2

per km2

35%

Domestic

34%

Transport

20%

Industry

7%

Commercial

2%

Agriculture

2%

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 Suffolk 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
Essex County Council84%Yes2030No
Norfolk County Council84%No2030No
Suffolk County Council84%Yes2030March 21, 2019
East Sussex County Council83%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Ashford Borough Council83%Yes2030No
Braintree District Council83%Yes2030July 22, 2019
Kent County Council83%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council82%Yes2050No
Maidstone Borough Council82%Yes2030April 10, 2019
Bedford Borough Council81%Yes2030March 5, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Suffolk 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
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council94%No2030July 16, 2019
Tendring District Council92%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
North East Derbyshire District Council91%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council90%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Leicestershire County Council90%No2030May 15, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council89%No2030April 3, 2019
Bolsover District Council88%YesNo targetNo
Derbyshire County Council88%Yes2032No
Wyre Forest District Council88%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Hyndburn Borough Council88%No2030Sept. 19, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Ipswich Borough Council96%Yes2030July 9, 2019
South Norfolk District Council96%NoNo targetNo
Mid Suffolk District Council96%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Norwich City Council95%Yes2030Jan. 29, 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council95%NoNo targetNo
Tendring District Council94%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
Broadland District Council94%No2050No
Babergh District Council93%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Colchester Borough Council92%Yes2030July 17, 2019
North Norfolk District Council91%Yes2030April 24, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Suffolk 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
Lincolnshire County Council99%Yes2050No
Newark and Sherwood District Council97%Yes2035July 16, 2019
Falkirk Council97%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
Suffolk County Council97%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Cumbria County Council96%Yes2050No
South Ayrshire Council96%No2045No
East Sussex County Council96%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Ashford Borough Council95%Yes2030No
Sedgemoor District Council95%Yes2030March 20, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council95%No2030April 3, 2019

These councils are the most similar to East Suffolk 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
West Berkshire Council98%No2030July 2, 2019
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council97%NoNo targetNo
Suffolk County Council96%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Stafford Borough Council95%No2040July 23, 2019
East Hampshire District Council95%No2050July 18, 2019
Oxfordshire County Council95%No2030April 2, 2019
Fife Council95%Yes2045Sept. 26, 2019
Ashford Borough Council94%Yes2030No
Bedford Borough Council94%Yes2030March 5, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council94%NoNo targetNo

Powers & Responsibilities

East Suffolk 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

    protect-eu.mimecast.com
    East Suffolk Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check East Suffolk 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 Suffolk Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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