Category: Blog
Update: How are the Council Climate Plan Scorecard...
Posted by Isaac Beevor | May 12, 2022 | Blog, News, Projects, Uncategorized | 0
Scorecards Methodology Blog Series: Biodiversity
by Isaac Beevor | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog | 1
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...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Waste Reduction & Food
by Annie Pickering | Jan 3, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized | 0
Food & Waste: How and why we created this section Recycling bins This section is one of the shorter sections, and this is because the role that councils can play in area-wide waste reduction and sustainable food consumption...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Devolved Nations
by Hannah Jewell | Dec 23, 2022 | Blog | 0
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...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Planning
by Hannah Jewell | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog | 0
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...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Transport
by Isaac Beevor | Dec 16, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized | 0
Transport is one of the sectors that produces the majority of UK greenhouse gas emissions. Encouragingly, there are many actions councils can take in order to reduce emissions within the transport sector. The difficulty...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Why are we creating them?
by Isaac Beevor | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog | 0
WHY ARE WE CREATING THE COUNCIL CLIMATE ACTION SCORECARDS? We know that UK councils are crucial to...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Why are we using FOI requests?
by Hannah Jewell | Dec 8, 2022 | Blog | 0
This January, Climate Emergency UK published the Council Climate Plan Scorecards. As the name...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Governance & Finance
by Annie Pickering | Dec 6, 2022 | Blog | 1
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!...
Read MorePress Release: Climate Emergency UK reveal how they will score UK councils on their climate action
by Isaac Beevor | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog, Projects | 0
Climate Emergency UK have published their methodology for scoring all UK councils on the action...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Councils
by Annie Pickering | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog | 0
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...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Campaigners
by Annie Pickering | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog | 0
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,...
Read MoreScorecards Methodology Blog Series: Buildings & Heating
by Annie Pickering | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog | 0
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...
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