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Hampshire County Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on June 17, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2050

“Hampshire County Council set a target to be carbon neutral by 2050, in line with national government.”

Climate documents

Last update: June 21, 2022
Report: Interim Progress On Climate Change Strategy And Action Plan, January 2020

Progress Report · PDF
Climate Change Strategy 2020–2025

Climate Strategy · PDF · Approved · Whole Area

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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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SectionHampshire County CouncilAverage county council
Total score53%40%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
10/21
8.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
15/18
6.6/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
3/5
2.7/5
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
6/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
3/5
2.4/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
3/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.2/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
1/5
1.7/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
2/4
1.5/4

Emissions data

5176.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.7 tCO2

per person

1.4 ktCO2

per km2

38%

Transport

37%

Domestic

12%

Industry

8%

Commercial

4%

Public Sector

2%

Agriculture

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Hampshire County 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
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council92%Yes2025July 18, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council89%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Gloucestershire County Council88%Yes2030May 15, 2019
West Sussex County Council88%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Hertfordshire County Council87%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Bromsgrove District Council86%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Chelmsford City Council85%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Surrey County Council85%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Swindon Borough Council85%Yes2030No
Warwickshire County Council85%Yes2030July 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Hampshire County 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
West Sussex County Council96%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Essex County Council95%Yes2030No
Lewes District Council95%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Mid Sussex District Council93%YesNo targetNo
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council93%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council93%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Worcestershire County Council93%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council92%Yes2025July 18, 2019
City of York Council91%Yes2030March 11, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council91%Yes2030May 21, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
East Hampshire District Council98%No2050July 18, 2019
Winchester City Council98%Yes2024June 5, 2019
Portsmouth City Council98%No2030March 19, 2019
Havant Borough Council98%Yes2050No
Gosport Borough Council97%Yes2050No
Fareham Borough Council97%Yes2030Oct. 24, 2019
Eastleigh Borough Council96%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council95%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Southampton City Council95%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Chichester District Council95%Yes2025July 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Hampshire County 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
Cherwell District Council98%No2030July 22, 2019
Bath and North East Somerset Council98%Yes2030March 14, 2019
Sevenoaks District Council97%Yes2030No
Perth and Kinross Council97%No2045No
Wealden District Council97%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council97%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Lichfield District Council96%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Craven District Council96%No2030Aug. 6, 2019
Central Bedfordshire Council96%No2030July 19, 2019
Leicestershire County Council95%No2030May 15, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Hampshire County 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
East Staffordshire Borough Council99%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
South Lanarkshire Council98%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Staffordshire County Council97%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Lancashire County Council97%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council96%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council96%No2030April 3, 2019
Chelmsford City Council96%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Lewes District Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2019
West Lothian Council95%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
West Sussex County Council95%Yes2030April 5, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Hampshire County Council is a County 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
    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.

    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.

    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 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

    hants.gov.uk
    Hampshire County Council’s official homepage.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Hampshire County Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/hampshire-county-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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