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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 2, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2040

“The Council commits to achieving: • Net zero by 2040 in the Council’s operations.”

Whole area pledge for 2042

“The Council commits to achieving: • Net zero by 2042 in the District.”

Climate documents

Last update: June 13, 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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SectionFermanagh and Omagh District CouncilAverage Northern Ireland council
Total score28%26%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
4/21
6.0/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
7/18
3.8/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
4/7
3.5/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
3/9
3.0/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
0.5/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
1/4
1.5/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
1/5
1.0/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
0.8/4

Emissions data

841.9 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

7.2 tCO2

per person

0.3 ktCO2

per km2

42%

Transport

29%

Domestic

15%

Industry

11%

Agriculture

1%

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 Fermanagh and Omagh District 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
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council80%No2030May 2, 2020
Mid Ulster District Council76%NoNo targetNo
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council71%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council59%Yes2045June 27, 2019
East Ayrshire Council47%No2030No
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council47%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council45%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Dumfries and Galloway Council45%Yes2025June 27, 2019
Powys County Council44%No2030July 30, 2020
The Highland Council44%No2025May 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fermanagh and Omagh District 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
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council79%No2030May 2, 2020
Powys County Council71%No2030July 30, 2020
Mid Ulster District Council69%NoNo targetNo
Derbyshire Dales District Council67%No2030May 30, 2019
Ceredigion County Council65%Yes2030March 5, 2020
Scottish Borders Council64%Yes2045Sept. 5, 2020
Carmarthenshire County Council63%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council63%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
West Devon Borough Council60%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Dumfries and Galloway Council60%Yes2025June 27, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Derry City and Strabane District Council95%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council92%NoNo targetNo
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council89%NoNo targetNo
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council87%No2030May 2, 2020
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council86%NoNo targetNo
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council85%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council84%NoNo targetNo
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council84%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Belfast City Council83%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council80%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fermanagh and Omagh District 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
Derry City and Strabane District Council90%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council86%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council85%No2030May 2, 2020
Mid Ulster District Council79%NoNo targetNo
Belfast City Council69%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council66%Yes2040Jan. 29, 2020
Middlesbrough Borough Council66%No2029Sept. 4, 2019
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council65%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Burnley Borough Council63%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council63%NoNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to Fermanagh and Omagh District 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
Mid Ulster District Council84%NoNo targetNo
Ceredigion County Council80%Yes2030March 5, 2020
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council72%No2030May 2, 2020
Torridge District Council72%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Herefordshire Council70%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council70%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Aberdeenshire Council70%No2045No
The Highland Council69%No2025May 9, 2019
Malvern Hills District Council69%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council68%NoNo targetNo

Powers & Responsibilities

Fermanagh and Omagh District 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

    fermanaghomagh.com
    Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.

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