Category: Blog

The Biodiversity section differs from the other sections in the Scorecards as it covers the actions councils can take to, you guessed it, improve biodiversity rather than reduce emissions. Many of these actions have the...

But isn’t it different in Scotland (Wales, England or Northern Ireland)? How our draft methodology accounts for differences in data collection and legislation across the four nations of the UK The UK’s local government structure...

How and why we created this section  Planning is one of the most fascinating and headache inducing sectors within the Council Climate Actions Scorecards. It is the area where local authorities legally have the most power to set...

Governance & Finance: How and why we created this section Working on Governance and Finance We don’t have a favourite section, but for those council climate policy wonks, we think this section will be really interesting!...

Councils: What to do with the draft methodology to ensure your council Scorecard is accurate next year?   We have now published the (hopefully!) long-awaited methodology for how we plan to score councils on their...

Campaigners: What to do with the draft methodology? Some of our Scorecard volunteers from last time We know that there are lots of campaigners throughout the UK who are already pushing their council for further climate action,...

Buildings & Heating: How and why we created this section  Homes with solar panels Buildings and Heating is one of the sectors that produces the majority of UK greenhouse gas emissions. Encouragingly, there are some...