2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council's area wide carbon emissions decreased, according to UK Government data?

Question code
4.4
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Emission data reduction
Source
National Data
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Four-tier criteria
Criteria met if the council has had an emission reduction equal to or greater than 2% from 2019 to 2022.

Additional points awarded if the emission reduction is greater than or equal to 5% and lower than 10%, or further points if the reduction is greater than or equal to 10% or less than 20%. Further points awarded if the emission reduction is equal to or greater than 20%.

Clarifications

Marked using data provided by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The data that will be used is the percentage difference between the calendar years 2022 and 2019 of the "Local Authority territorial carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions estimates within the scope of influence of Local Authorities" when it is published in Summer 2024.

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