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Warwick District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on June 26, 2019.

Whole area pledge for 2030

“As part of this, we are working up a resourced action programme setting out how we intend to support and enable carbon reductions across the district by 2030. ”

Climate documents

Last update: Sept. 27, 2021
Warwick District Council Summary Document

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Warwick District Council Pre-plan

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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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SectionWarwick District CouncilAverage district council
Total score53%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
19/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
10/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
3/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
6/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
4/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
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
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

593.2 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.1 tCO2

per person

2.1 ktCO2

per km2

43%

Transport

34%

Domestic

10%

Industry

9%

Commercial

4%

Public Sector

1%

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 Warwick District 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
Bromsgrove District Council91%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Chelmsford City Council85%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Hampshire County Council85%No2050June 17, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council85%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Surrey County Council85%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council84%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Mid Sussex District Council83%YesNo targetNo
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead83%No2050June 26, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council83%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Guildford Borough Council83%Yes2030July 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Warwick District 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
Chelmsford City Council95%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council89%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Mid Sussex District Council89%YesNo targetNo
Bromsgrove District Council89%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Essex County Council87%Yes2030No
Hampshire County Council87%No2050June 17, 2019
Warwickshire County Council86%Yes2030July 25, 2019
West Northamptonshire Council85%NoNo targetNo
Colchester Borough Council85%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Braintree District Council85%Yes2030July 22, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Coventry City Council98%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019
Stratford-on-Avon District Council98%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council97%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council96%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council96%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
Rugby Borough Council95%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Tamworth Borough Council94%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
Birmingham City Council94%No2030June 11, 2019
Redditch Borough Council93%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council93%No2030July 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Warwick District 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
Bromsgrove District Council99%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Brentwood Borough Council98%No2040No
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council98%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Central Bedfordshire Council98%No2030July 19, 2019
Tandridge District Council98%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
North Hertfordshire District Council97%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Stratford-on-Avon District Council97%Yes2030July 15, 2019
North Kesteven District Council97%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Ribble Valley Borough Council97%No2030No
Chelmsford City Council97%Yes2030July 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Warwick District 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
Falkirk Council97%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
Rochford District Council96%Yes2030No
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead95%No2050June 26, 2019
West of England Combined Authority95%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Hertfordshire County Council95%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Milton Keynes95%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
South Gloucestershire Council95%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Dacorum Council95%Yes2050July 17, 2019
Surrey County Council95%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Preston City Council94%No2030April 18, 2019

Features

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

Integrated with Local Plan Clear communication

Powers & Responsibilities

Warwick District 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

    warwickdc.gov.uk
    Warwick District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Warwick District 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 Warwick District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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