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London Borough of Lambeth

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Jan. 23, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“As part of the response to this, the council has committed to ensuring that its operations are carbon neutral by 2030. ”

Climate documents

Last update: March 29, 2022
Lambeth's Climate Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Whole Area

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Corporate Carbon Reduction Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Council Only

Carbon Neutral Council 2030 | Lambeth Council

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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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SectionLondon Borough of LambethAverage single tier council
Total score37%50%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
7/21
10.3/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
3/18
9.0/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
4/7
4.1/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
4/9
5.1/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
4/5
2.9/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
2.2/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.9/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
2.3/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
2.1/4

Emissions data

815.1 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

2.5 tCO2

per person

29.9 ktCO2

per km2

42%

Domestic

28%

Transport

14%

Public Sector

12%

Commercial

4%

Industry

0%

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 London Borough of Lambeth 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
London Borough of Southwark91%No2050March 27, 2019
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham87%Yes2030July 17, 2019
London Borough of Brent79%No2030July 8, 2019
London Borough of Wandsworth77%Yes2050July 17, 2019
London Borough of Hackney77%Yes2040June 28, 2019
London Borough of Lewisham76%Yes2030Feb. 27, 2019
London Borough of Islington76%Yes2030June 27, 2019
London Borough of Tower Hamlets72%No2025July 17, 2019
London Borough of Waltham Forest71%NoNo targetApril 25, 2019
Westminster City Council70%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to London Borough of Lambeth 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
Manchester City Council90%Yes2038July 10, 2019
Exeter City Council89%Yes2030July 23, 2019
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham89%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Glasgow City Council88%Yes2030May 16, 2019
London Borough of Southwark88%No2050March 27, 2019
Bristol City Council88%Yes2025Nov. 13, 2018
Norwich City Council87%Yes2030Jan. 29, 2019
London Borough of Brent86%No2030July 8, 2019
Southampton City Council86%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
London Borough of Wandsworth86%Yes2050July 17, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
London Borough of Southwark99%No2050March 27, 2019
Greater London Authority99%YesDec. 1, 2019
City of London99%No2027No
London Borough of Wandsworth99%Yes2050July 17, 2019
Westminster City Council99%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea99%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
London Borough of Merton99%No2030July 10, 2019
London Borough of Islington99%Yes2030June 27, 2019
London Borough of Lewisham99%Yes2030Feb. 27, 2019
London Borough of Camden99%Yes2030April 8, 2019

These councils are the most similar to London Borough of Lambeth 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
London Borough of Southwark91%No2050March 27, 2019
London Borough of Newham87%Yes2050April 15, 2019
London Borough of Lewisham82%Yes2030Feb. 27, 2019
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham81%Yes2030July 17, 2019
London Borough of Brent76%No2030July 8, 2019
London Borough of Hackney74%Yes2040June 28, 2019
London Borough of Waltham Forest74%NoNo targetApril 25, 2019
London Borough of Islington74%Yes2030June 27, 2019
London Borough of Camden72%Yes2030April 8, 2019
London Borough of Haringey71%Yes2027March 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to London Borough of Lambeth 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
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham97%Yes2030July 17, 2019
London Borough of Camden96%Yes2030April 8, 2019
London Borough of Southwark95%No2050March 27, 2019
Westminster City Council95%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea93%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
London Borough of Newham88%Yes2050April 15, 2019
London Borough of Wandsworth87%Yes2050July 17, 2019
London Borough of Hackney84%Yes2040June 28, 2019
London Borough of Haringey83%Yes2027March 18, 2019
London Borough of Lewisham82%Yes2030Feb. 27, 2019

Features

This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:

Integrated with Local Plan

Powers & Responsibilities

London Borough of Lambeth is a London Borough, 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.

    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.

    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
    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 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 English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

    lambeth.gov.uk
    London Borough of Lambeth’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check London Borough of Lambeth’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 London Borough of Lambeth’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: London Borough of Lambeth. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/london-borough-of-lambeth/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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