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Amber Valley Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 24, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Committed to addressing the issue of climate change, Amber Valley Borough Council has declared its aim to become carbon-neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Carbon Reduction Management Programme And Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF

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Climate Plan Scorecard

This council’s climate plans as of 20th September 2021 were assessed and scored by trained Climate Emergency UK volunteers, as part of the Council Climate Plan Scorecards project.

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SectionAmber Valley Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score20%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
5/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
1/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
1/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
1/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
2/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
1/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

567.1 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.4 tCO2

per person

2.1 ktCO2

per km2

34%

Domestic

32%

Transport

23%

Industry

7%

Commercial

2%

Public Sector

2%

Agriculture

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Amber Valley Borough Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Derbyshire County Council93%Yes2032No
North East Derbyshire District Council92%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Staffordshire County Council90%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council90%No2030April 3, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council88%No2030May 27, 2021
Lancashire County Council86%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
Rugby Borough Council85%No2030July 18, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council85%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Worcestershire County Council84%Yes2030July 15, 2021
East Staffordshire Borough Council84%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Amber Valley Borough Council in terms of their emissions profile, based on the latest data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Derbyshire County Council93%Yes2032No
East Suffolk Council90%No2030July 24, 2019
Tendring District Council87%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
North East Derbyshire District Council87%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council87%No2030May 27, 2021
Hyndburn Borough Council87%No2030Sept. 19, 2019
Leicestershire County Council87%No2030May 15, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council86%No2030April 3, 2019
Staffordshire County Council86%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council86%No2030July 16, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Derbyshire County Council98%Yes2032No
Derby City Council98%No2050May 23, 2019
Erewash Borough Council97%No2050No
North East Derbyshire District Council96%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Broxtowe Borough Council96%Yes2027July 17, 2019
Ashfield District Council96%NoNo targetNo
South Derbyshire District Council96%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Chesterfield Borough Council96%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Derbyshire Dales District Council96%Yes2030May 30, 2019
Bolsover District Council95%YesNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to Amber Valley Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in high deprivation, medium deprivation, and low deprivation neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Derbyshire County Council98%Yes2032No
North East Derbyshire District Council97%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Bedford Borough Council97%Yes2030March 5, 2019
West Lothian Council97%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
Colchester Borough Council96%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Essex County Council96%Yes2030No
North Northamptonshire Council96%No2030July 28, 2021
Flintshire County Council95%NoNo targetNo
Maidstone Borough Council95%No2030April 10, 2019
Worcestershire County Council94%Yes2030July 15, 2021

These councils are the most similar to Amber Valley Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Chelmsford City Council99%Yes2030July 16, 2019
West Lothian Council97%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council97%No2030April 3, 2019
North Lanarkshire Council97%Yes2030June 20, 2019
South Lanarkshire Council97%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council96%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Hampshire County Council96%No2050June 17, 2019
Lancashire County Council96%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
Vale of Glamorgan Council96%Yes2030July 29, 2019
Canterbury City Council96%Yes2030July 18, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Amber Valley Borough Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:

Council buildings and staff

Climate actions might include:

  • making council offices more energy efficient
  • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
  • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    Environmental health

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing industrial emissions through air quality enforcement
    • bringing up insulation and energy efficiency standards through enforcement of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and Decent Homes Standard 2000, for cold and damp conditions in private rental and social housing

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Planning and building control

    Climate actions might include:

    • imposing reasonable requirements that new developments comply with energy efficiency standards and get a proportion of their energy from local, renewable sources (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • incorporating additional energy performance standards into their Local Plan, for new works that require planning permission
    • using Area Action Plans to guide development proposals towards lower carbon emissions or more cycling and walking routes, for example
    • enforcing legislation that requires private rental properties to be of Energy Efficiency Rating E or above (Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2015)
    • funding energy efficiency improvements on existing homes, through initiatives such as Green Homes Grants

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Housing

    Climate actions might include:

    • setting energy standards above building regulations (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • enabling housing associations to improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock through loans
    • where councils operate their own social housing, prioritising energy efficiency – for example, by requiring Passivhaus standard for newly built schemes

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Spending, procuring, and investing

    Climate actions might include:

    • embedding carbon impact assessment as part of the council’s budgeting and financial accountability process
    • utilising Public Works Loan Board loans or the Business Rates Retention Scheme to invest in emissions-reducing capital projects that otherwise wouldn’t get funded
    • specifying low carbon equipment and practices when procuring for relevant services from suppliers
    • prioritising positive environmental impacts during procurement, through the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
    Waste collection

    Climate actions might include:

    • establishing ‘Joint Waste Solutions’ with neighbouring councils, to get more value out of waste, recycling, and street cleaning contracts
    • running marketing campaigns to encourage residential recycling, reuse, and waste minimisation

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Read more about English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

    ambervalley.gov.uk
    Amber Valley Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Amber Valley Borough Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.
    Friends of the Earth ‘Near You’ tool
    Discover climate groups in this area, data about Amber Valley Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Amber Valley Borough Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/amber-valley-borough-council/ [Accessed 28 Nov 2022].

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