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Tamworth Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Oct. 19, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2050

“To provide a road map that will meet the Council’s target of becoming net-zero carbon for its activities by 2050 with an aspiration to achieve 2030 should the council be financially able to do so.”

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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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Tamworth 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.

SectionTamworth 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

217.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

2.8 tCO2

per person

7.1 ktCO2

per km2

44%

Domestic

31%

Transport

16%

Industry

7%

Commercial

2%

Public Sector

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 Tamworth 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
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council89%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Cannock Chase District Council86%No2030July 17, 2019
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council86%NoNo targetJuly 6, 2020
Redditch Borough Council85%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council83%Yes2038July 10, 2019
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council82%No2030March 28, 2019
London Borough of Havering82%YesNo targetNo
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council82%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Broxbourne Borough Council81%NoNo targetNo
London Borough of Enfield80%No2030July 8, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Tamworth 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
Havant Borough Council93%Yes2050No
Eastleigh Borough Council91%Yes2025July 18, 2019
London Borough of Havering91%YesNo targetNo
Redditch Borough Council91%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Fareham Borough Council89%Yes2030Oct. 24, 2019
Medway Council89%Yes2050April 25, 2019
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council88%Yes2050Sept. 16, 2019
Cannock Chase District Council88%No2030July 17, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council87%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Blaby District Council86%Yes2030No

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
North Warwickshire Borough Council98%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
Lichfield District Council98%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council96%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council96%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Birmingham City Council96%No2030June 11, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council96%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Coventry City Council95%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council95%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council95%No2030July 16, 2019
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council95%Yes2050Sept. 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Tamworth 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
Eastbourne Borough Council92%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council91%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Dartford Borough Council88%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Medway Council88%Yes2050April 25, 2019
Gosport Borough Council88%Yes2050No
Basildon Borough Council87%Yes2030No
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council86%Yes2038July 10, 2019
Cannock Chase District Council84%No2030July 17, 2019
City of Lincoln Council83%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Torbay Council83%Yes2030June 19, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Tamworth 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
Cheltenham Borough Council100%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Crawley Borough Council100%Yes2040July 17, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council100%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Rushmoor Borough Council100%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council99%No2030No
Belfast City Council99%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019
South Tyneside Council99%No2030July 18, 2019
Dundee City Council99%Yes2045June 24, 2019
Eastbourne Borough Council99%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Middlesbrough Borough Council99%No2029Sept. 4, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Tamworth 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Tamworth Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/tamworth-borough-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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