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Perth and Kinross Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

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

Whole area pledge for 2045

“Recent legislation however, gives a clear role for the Council to work with its partners, citizens and businesses to ensure that the whole Perth & Kinross area becomes a net zero carbon place by 2045 at the latest. ”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022

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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SectionPerth and Kinross CouncilAverage single tier council
Total score66%50%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
13/21
10.3/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
14/18
9.0/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
5/7
4.1/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
7/9
5.1/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
4/5
2.9/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
4/4
2.2/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
1/5
0.9/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
2/5
2.3/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
2.1/4

Emissions reduction projects

Local authorities in Scotland are required to publish yearly data on their compliance with their climate change duties – including the emissions reduction projects they are undertaking.

See all of Perth and Kinross Council’s projects

54

Projects

1.1 ktCO2 per year

Total annual emissions savings

£1,665,014

Total capital cost

Emissions data

781.9 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.1 tCO2

per person

0.1 ktCO2

per km2

43%

Transport

33%

Domestic

7%

Agriculture

6%

Commercial

6%

Industry

4%

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 Perth and Kinross 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
Aberdeenshire Council83%No2045No
The Highland Council80%No2025May 9, 2019
Stirling Council76%YesNo targetOct. 3, 2019
Hambleton District Council75%No2034Dec. 14, 2021
Argyll and Bute Council75%Yes2045No
East Lothian Council75%No2045Aug. 27, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council75%Yes2030No
Angus Council74%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
Craven District Council73%No2030Aug. 6, 2019
South Lakeland District Council73%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Perth and Kinross 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
Chichester District Council85%Yes2025July 9, 2019
Stratford-on-Avon District Council79%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Uttlesford District Council78%Yes2030July 30, 2019
The Highland Council78%No2025May 9, 2019
Hambleton District Council78%No2034Dec. 14, 2021
Cotswold District Council76%NoNo targetJuly 3, 2019
Lichfield District Council75%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Gwynedd County Council74%No2030March 7, 2019
Vale of White Horse District Council74%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
Argyll and Bute Council74%Yes2045No
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Clackmannanshire Council94%NoNo targetAug. 19, 2021
Stirling Council92%YesNo targetOct. 3, 2019
Falkirk Council92%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
Fife Council90%Yes2045Sept. 26, 2019
North Lanarkshire Council90%Yes2030June 20, 2019
West Lothian Council90%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
East Dunbartonshire Council90%Yes2045No
Dundee City Council89%Yes2045June 24, 2019
City of Edinburgh Council89%Yes2030Feb. 7, 2019
Angus Council89%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Perth and Kinross 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
Hampshire County Council97%No2050June 17, 2019
Sevenoaks District Council97%Yes2030No
Wealden District Council96%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Craven District Council96%No2030Aug. 6, 2019
South Kesteven District Council96%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Stafford Borough Council96%No2040July 23, 2019
Lichfield District Council96%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council96%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Test Valley Borough Council96%Yes2050Sept. 4, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Perth and Kinross 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
The Highland Council98%No2025May 9, 2019
Aberdeenshire Council97%No2045No
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council95%No2030May 2, 2020
Dumfries and Galloway Council94%Yes2025June 27, 2019
Ryedale District Council93%No2050Oct. 10, 2019
Mid Suffolk District Council93%Yes2030July 25, 2019
The Moray Council93%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Forest of Dean District Council92%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
Scottish Borders Council91%Yes2045Sept. 5, 2020
West Devon Borough Council88%Yes2030May 21, 2019

Features

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

Powers & Responsibilities

Perth and Kinross 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 local authority powers across the UK, at The Institute for Government.

    More about this council

    pkc.gov.uk
    Perth and Kinross Council’s official homepage.
    @PerthAndKinross
    Perth and Kinross Council’s Twitter account.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Perth and Kinross Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.

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