2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Is the council working in partnership with schools or other education settings to deliver climate action that young people can engage with?

Question code
6.9
Section
Collaboration & Engagement
Topic
Partnerships - young people
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council supports schools or other education settings by running any of the following schemes in more than one school:
- EnergySparks or equivalent auditing schemes which require local authority support.
- Solar Schools or other visible low-carbon interventions.
- Democratic engagement work in schools or other education settings to connect young people to climate decision making, including establishing youth climate panels or parliaments and holding youth climate summits for schools in the area.

Clarifications

This can include initiatives with other councils including county and district partnerships, provided that the council signposts this work from their website.

Question performance by council type

Points distribution Northern Irish councils

0 points

3 Northern Irish councils

1 point

8 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

44
councils scored higher in 2025
22
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence Northern Irish councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Belfast City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council1/1▲ 1
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council1/1--
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria