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Rugby Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 18, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“The council committed to establish a cross party working group to advise the council’s cabinet on the actions and timescales needed to move towards carbon neutrality by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: Dec. 5, 2022
Climate Change Strategy

Action Plan · PDF · Draft

Becoming Carbon Neutral | Rugby Borough Council

Pre-Plan · HTML · We no longer hold a copy of this document

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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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Rugby 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.

SectionRugby Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score0%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

546.4 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.9 tCO2

per person

1.5 ktCO2

per km2

34%

Transport

28%

Domestic

23%

Industry

11%

Commercial

2%

Public Sector

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 Rugby 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
Staffordshire County Council88%Yes2050July 25, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council87%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Amber Valley Borough Council86%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Suffolk County Council86%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council85%No2030April 3, 2019
South Kesteven District Council85%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council85%No2030May 27, 2021
Derbyshire County Council85%Yes2032No
Warwickshire County Council84%Yes2030July 25, 2019
North Northamptonshire Council83%Yes2030July 28, 2021

These councils are the most similar to Rugby 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
Norfolk County Council91%No2030No
Suffolk County Council89%Yes2030March 21, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council89%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Nottinghamshire County Council89%No2030May 27, 2021
South Kesteven District Council86%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Staffordshire County Council84%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Torfaen County Borough Council83%YesNo targetJune 25, 2019
North Northamptonshire Council82%Yes2030July 28, 2021
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council82%No2030April 3, 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council82%No2030Oct. 22, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council97%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Coventry City Council97%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019
Blaby District Council96%Yes2030No
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council96%No2030July 16, 2019
Warwick District Council95%No2030June 26, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council95%No2030No
Leicester City Council94%Yes2030Feb. 1, 2019
West Northamptonshire Council94%NoNo targetNo
North Warwickshire Borough Council94%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
Harborough District Council94%No2030June 24, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rugby 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
Epping Forest District Council98%Yes2030Sept. 19, 2019
Lewes District Council98%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Braintree District Council98%Yes2030July 22, 2019
Monmouthshire County Council97%Yes2030May 16, 2019
South Hams District Council97%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Babergh District Council96%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Malvern Hills District Council96%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Wychavon District Council96%Yes2050No
Dorset Council95%No2040May 16, 2019
Chichester District Council95%Yes2025July 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rugby 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
East Sussex County Council99%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Worcestershire County Council99%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Swale Borough Council98%Yes2025June 26, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council97%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Waverley Borough Council97%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Lewes District Council97%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Gloucestershire County Council96%Yes2030May 15, 2019
Mole Valley District Council95%No2030June 18, 2019
Midlothian Council94%No2030Dec. 17, 2019
East Hertfordshire District Council94%Yes2030No

Powers & Responsibilities

Rugby Borough Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, 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.

    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
    Waste collection

    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

    rugby.gov.uk
    Rugby Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Rugby Borough 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 Rugby Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Rugby Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/rugby-borough-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].

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