2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Is the council working with external partners or other councils to seek to influence national governments on climate action, or to learn about and share best practice on council climate action?

Question code
6.4
Section
Collaboration & Engagement
Topic
Sharing Best practice between Councils
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council is a member of any one of the following organisations or has contributed to one case study of the following organisations.

Second tier criteria met if the council:
- is a member of 3 or more of the following organisations
- has contributed to case studies with 3 or more of the following organisations.
- any combination of the above.

Membership organisations:
- UK100 (Including the Countryside Climate Network)
- ADEPT
- Blueprint Coalition
- ICLEI
- Carbon Neutral Cities
- UK Green Building Council
- Sustainable Scotland Network
- Carbon Disclosure Project (including submitting to the CDP since 2019)

Case studies:
- Friends of the Earth & Ashden case studies
- LGA (Local Government Association) climate change case studies
- UK100 case studies
- WRAP case studies

Clarifications

Further networks or case studies may be added on a case basis if a comparable standard of quality is met.

Working with climate consultants, while important, will not be scored as part of this question.

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

0 points

7 Northern Irish councils

1 point

3 Northern Irish councils

2 points

1 Northern Irish council

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

Northern Irish councils

22
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

-- No change
NA New question (not in previous scorecards)
CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Belfast City Council2/2--
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/2▲ 1
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/2--
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/2▲ 1
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--No evidence found
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--No evidence found
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
--
0/2--No evidence found
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
0/2
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/2▼ -2No evidence found