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Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 9, 2019.

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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Mid and East Antrim Borough 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.

SectionMid and East Antrim Borough 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

975.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

7.0 tCO2

per person

0.9 ktCO2

per km2

41%

Industry

29%

Domestic

24%

Transport

4%

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 Mid and East Antrim Borough 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
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council85%NoNo targetNo
Allerdale Borough Council60%Yes2030Sept. 25, 2019
Ards and North Down Borough Council59%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
High Peak Borough Council57%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council57%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council57%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council56%NoNo targetSept. 28, 2022
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council56%NoNo targetNo
Mid Ulster District Council56%NoNo targetNo
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council56%Yes2030Sept. 28, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Mid and East Antrim Borough 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
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council80%NoNo targetNo
High Peak Borough Council65%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council62%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council60%NoNo targetNo
Derry City and Strabane District Council60%Yes2045June 27, 2019
Allerdale Borough Council59%Yes2030Sept. 25, 2019
Ribble Valley Borough Council55%No2030No
The Moray Council53%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Selby District Council52%Yes2030No
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council51%No2030May 2, 2020
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council97%NoNo targetNo
Belfast City Council96%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council95%NoNo targetNo
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council94%No2030May 2, 2020
Ards and North Down Borough Council93%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council92%NoNo targetNo
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council92%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Mid Ulster District Council91%NoNo targetNo
Derry City and Strabane District Council85%Yes2045June 27, 2019
North Ayrshire Council83%No2030June 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Mid and East Antrim Borough 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
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council98%NoNo targetNo
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council95%Yes2030Sept. 28, 2020
Ards and North Down Borough Council89%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council87%Yes2030No
Great Yarmouth Borough Council83%NoNo targetNo
Tendring District Council82%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
East Lindsey District Council81%Yes2040No
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council79%NoNo targetNo
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council79%Yes2040Sept. 18, 2019
Ashfield District Council78%NoNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to Mid and East Antrim Borough 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
Wealden District Council97%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Somerset County Council96%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Wiltshire Council96%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Sedgemoor District Council96%Yes2030March 20, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council95%NoNo targetNo
Dorset Council95%No2040May 16, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council94%NoNo targetNo
Monmouthshire County Council94%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Carmarthenshire County Council93%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Suffolk County Council93%Yes2030March 21, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Mid and East Antrim Borough 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

    midandeastantrim.gov.uk
    Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/mid-and-east-antrim-borough-council/ [Accessed 2 Apr 2023].

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