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Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

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Climate emergency declaration

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Climate pledges

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Climate documents

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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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Lisburn and Castlereagh City 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.

SectionLisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilAverage Northern Ireland council
Total score0%26%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
6.0/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
3.8/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.5/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
3.0/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
0.5/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.5/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.0/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
0.8/4

Emissions data

757.5 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.2 tCO2

per person

1.5 ktCO2

per km2

39%

Domestic

27%

Transport

21%

Industry

8%

Public Sector

4%

Commercial

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.

These councils are the most similar to Lisburn and Castlereagh City 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
Ards and North Down Borough Council66%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Denbighshire County Council62%No2030July 2, 2019
South Ayrshire Council56%No2045No
Copeland Borough Council56%Yes2050No
Durham County Council55%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Conwy County Borough Council54%No2030May 9, 2019
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council53%Yes2030No
Carlisle City Council53%No2030March 5, 2019
Lancaster City Council53%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019
East Ayrshire Council53%No2030No

These councils are the most similar to Lisburn and Castlereagh City 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
Derry City and Strabane District Council68%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Harrogate Borough Council68%No2038April 10, 2019
West Oxfordshire District Council60%Yes2030June 26, 2019
Mole Valley District Council59%No2030June 18, 2019
Waverley Borough Council57%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Denbighshire County Council56%No2030July 2, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council56%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)55%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Belfast City Council54%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council54%Yes2030No
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Belfast City Council98%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council97%NoNo targetNo
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council96%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council95%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council95%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council95%NoNo targetNo
Mid Ulster District Council91%NoNo targetNo
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council90%No2030May 2, 2020
Derry City and Strabane District Council84%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council82%Yes2040July 2, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Lisburn and Castlereagh City 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
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council85%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020
Fenland District Council83%NoNo targetNo
Bolsover District Council83%YesNo targetNo
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council83%Yes2030No
Cornwall Council (Unitary)81%Yes2030Jan. 22, 2019
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council80%NoNo targetNo
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council80%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Carmarthenshire County Council79%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Torridge District Council78%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Tendring District Council78%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Lisburn and Castlereagh City 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
Suffolk County Council97%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council96%NoNo targetNo
Sedgemoor District Council95%Yes2030March 20, 2019
Wealden District Council95%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council95%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Ashford Borough Council95%Yes2030No
East Suffolk Council94%No2030July 24, 2019
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council93%NoNo targetNo
Monmouthshire County Council93%Yes2030May 16, 2019
West Berkshire Council92%No2030July 2, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Lisburn and Castlereagh City 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

    lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
    Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/lisburn-and-castlereagh-city-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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