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North Lincolnshire Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

We don’t think this council has declared a climate emergency – let us know if it has!

Climate pledge for 2030

“Achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: June 13, 2022
A Green Future 2021

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Whole Area

Carbon Management Strategy 2017–2022

Climate Strategy · PDF · We no longer hold a copy of this document

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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SectionNorth Lincolnshire CouncilAverage single tier council
Total score15%50%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
4/21
10.3/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
1/18
9.0/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
2/7
4.1/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
3/9
5.1/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
2.9/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
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
0/4
2.1/4

Emissions data

916.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.3 tCO2

per person

1.0 ktCO2

per km2

36%

Industry

29%

Transport

28%

Domestic

4%

Commercial

2%

Agriculture

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 North Lincolnshire 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
Derbyshire County Council80%Yes2032No
North Northamptonshire Council79%Yes2030July 28, 2021
Bassetlaw District Council79%NoNo targetNo
Nottinghamshire County Council77%No2030May 27, 2021
Lincolnshire County Council77%Yes2050No
Amber Valley Borough Council75%Yes2030July 24, 2019
East Suffolk Council75%No2030July 24, 2019
Flintshire County Council75%YesNo targetNo
Newark and Sherwood District Council75%Yes2035July 16, 2019
Lancashire County Council74%No2030Feb. 28, 2019

These councils are the most similar to North Lincolnshire 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
Rossendale Borough Council91%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
Fenland District Council84%NoNo targetNo
South Ribble Borough Council82%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Fife Council81%Yes2045Sept. 26, 2019
Forest of Dean District Council80%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
Flintshire County Council80%YesNo targetNo
Derbyshire County Council80%Yes2032No
North East Derbyshire District Council79%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council79%Yes2030Sept. 28, 2020
Newport City Council78%Yes2030Nov. 23, 2021
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
West Lindsey District Council96%Yes2050No
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council95%No2030March 21, 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire Council95%No2050Feb. 24, 2021
City of Lincoln Council94%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council93%NoNo targetNo
North East Lincolnshire Council93%Yes2050Sept. 19, 2019
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council92%No2040Sept. 19, 2019
North Kesteven District Council91%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Selby District Council91%Yes2030No
Newark and Sherwood District Council90%Yes2035July 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to North Lincolnshire 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
Swansea City Council96%No2030June 27, 2019
Lancaster City Council95%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019
North of Tyne Combined Authority94%YesNo targetMay 7, 2019
Clackmannanshire Council94%NoNo targetAug. 19, 2021
Wyre Forest District Council94%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Lancashire County Council94%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
West Lindsey District Council94%Yes2050No
South Lanarkshire Council94%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Northumberland Council94%Yes2030June 11, 2019
Bridgend County Borough Council94%No2030July 22, 2022

These councils are the most similar to North Lincolnshire 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
Vale of White Horse District Council98%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
North West Leicestershire District Council97%Yes2030June 25, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council97%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Northumberland Council96%Yes2030June 11, 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire Council95%No2050Feb. 24, 2021
Teignbridge District Council95%Yes2025April 18, 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority94%Yes2050No
Folkestone and Hythe District Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Broadland District Council93%No2050No
Cambridgeshire County Council93%Yes2050May 14, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

North Lincolnshire Council is a Unitary Authority, 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.

    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.

    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

    northlincs.gov.uk
    North Lincolnshire Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check North Lincolnshire Council’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 North Lincolnshire Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: North Lincolnshire Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/north-lincolnshire-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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