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Warwickshire County Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 25, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“A commitment to make all of our corporate buildings and transport fleet carbon neutral by 2030 or sooner.”

Climate documents

Last update: Jan. 10, 2022
Warwickshire County Council Action Plan

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Warwickshire County Council Summary 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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SectionWarwickshire County CouncilAverage county council
Total score25%40%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
7/21
8.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
1/18
6.6/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
2/5
2.7/5
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
6/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
2.4/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.2/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.7/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
1/4
1.5/4

Emissions data

2636.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.5 tCO2

per person

1.3 ktCO2

per km2

37%

Transport

31%

Domestic

18%

Industry

9%

Commercial

3%

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. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Warwickshire County 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
West Northamptonshire Council92%NoNo targetNo
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council91%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Bedford Borough Council89%Yes2030March 5, 2019
Essex County Council89%Yes2030No
West Sussex County Council88%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Gloucestershire County Council87%Yes2030May 15, 2019
Staffordshire County Council87%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Worcestershire County Council86%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council86%No2030July 16, 2019
North Northamptonshire Council86%Yes2030July 28, 2021

These councils are the most similar to Warwickshire County 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
East Hertfordshire District Council93%Yes2030No
West Northamptonshire Council92%NoNo targetNo
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council92%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Essex County Council91%Yes2030No
Mid Sussex District Council89%YesNo targetNo
Staffordshire County Council89%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Leicestershire County Council88%No2030May 15, 2019
West Sussex County Council88%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council88%Yes2050No
Cherwell District Council87%No2030July 22, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Buckinghamshire Council99%No2050No
Gloucestershire County Council98%Yes2030May 15, 2019
South Oxfordshire District Council96%Yes2025April 11, 2019
Milton Keynes95%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
Oxford City Council95%Yes2030Jan. 28, 2019
Dacorum Council94%Yes2050July 17, 2019
Reading Borough Council94%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Wokingham Borough Council94%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead94%No2050June 26, 2019
Cherwell District Council94%No2030July 22, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Warwickshire County 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
South Derbyshire District Council99%Yes2030June 27, 2019
East Lothian Council98%No2045Aug. 27, 2019
Scottish Borders Council98%Yes2045Sept. 5, 2020
High Peak Borough Council98%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Fylde Borough Council97%NoNo targetNo
Staffordshire County Council96%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council95%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Mid Suffolk District Council94%Yes2030July 25, 2019
West Sussex County Council94%Yes2030April 5, 2019
South Ribble Borough Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Warwickshire County 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
West Northamptonshire Council99%NoNo targetNo
Buckinghamshire Council99%No2050No
Hart District Council99%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019
Dover District Council98%Yes2030Nov. 4, 2019
Leicestershire County Council96%No2030May 15, 2019
Conwy County Borough Council96%No2030May 9, 2019
High Peak Borough Council96%Yes2030Oct. 15, 2019
Oxfordshire County Council96%No2030April 2, 2019
Lichfield District Council95%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Wyre Council95%Yes2030July 11, 2019

Features

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

Clear communication

Powers & Responsibilities

Warwickshire County Council is a County Council, 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
    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.

    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.

    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 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

    warwickshire.gov.uk
    Warwickshire County Council’s official homepage.

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