2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Do the council's climate pages include information about behaviour changes that residents can make, and are they easy to find?

Question code
6.1
Section
Collaboration & Engagement
Topic
Council website - information for residents
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council website has climate pages that are easy for residents to find and include information about what residents can do to reduce their carbon emissions.

Information about what residents can do must include links to council initiatives for further support. For example, a suggestion to reduce food waste could include a link to order a food waste caddy.

Clarifications

"Easy to find" will be defined as meeting any of the following criteria:
- Within 3 clicks of the homepage
- Searchable on the site search bar using any of the phrases 'climate change', 'climate emergency', 'climate action' or 'environment'
- There is an environment and/or climate section in the drop down menu

Links for further support can include links to collaborative initiatives with other councils.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution Northern Irish councils

0 points

8 Northern Irish councils

1 point

3 Northern Irish councils

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling Northern Irish councils

22
councils scored higher in 2025
33
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence Northern Irish councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Belfast City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found