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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on March 21, 2019.

Whole area pledge for 2030

“Our vision is for Hull to become a leading carbon neutral city within the United Kingdom (UK) by 2030, to have taken all possible action, under its control, to reduce emissions so that Hull becomes fully carbon neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Kingston-upon-Hull City Council Climate Strategy

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Last update: Jan. 10, 2022

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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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council was a top performer amongst single tier councils, in the Measuring and setting emissions targets section.

SectionKingston-upon-Hull City CouncilAverage single tier council
Total score50%50%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
7/21
10.3/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
10/18
9.0/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
3/7
4.1/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
6/9
5.1/9
Section 5 · Top performer Measuring and setting emissions targets
5/5
2.9/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
2.2/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
1/5
0.9/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
2/5
2.3/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
1/4
2.1/4

Emissions data

1083.0 ktCO2e

2019 emissions

4.2 tCO2e

per capita

13.3 ktCO2e

per km2

Latest CO2 estimates from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. County and combined authority data combined from constituent authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Kingston-upon-Hull City 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
Bradford Metropolitan District Council84%Yes2030Jan. 15, 2019
Wolverhampton City Council84%Yes2028July 17, 2019
West Midlands Combined Authority83%Yes2041June 28, 2019
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council83%Yes2030March 10, 2020
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council83%Yes2038July 17, 2019
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council83%Yes2025Sept. 11, 2019
Salford City Council82%No2038July 17, 2019
South Tyneside Council82%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council82%Yes2050Sept. 16, 2019
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council82%Yes2040Jan. 29, 2020
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These councils are the most similar to Kingston-upon-Hull City 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
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council86%Yes2040Jan. 29, 2020
Charnwood Borough Council86%Yes2030No
Halton Borough Council85%NoNo targetOct. 16, 2019
Bridgend County Borough Council85%Yes2030No
Wolverhampton City Council85%Yes2028July 17, 2019
Derby City Council85%Yes2050May 23, 2019
Telford & Wrekin Council85%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Torfaen County Borough Council84%NoNo targetJune 25, 2019
Lancaster City Council84%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019
West Midlands Combined Authority83%Yes2041June 28, 2019
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These councils grographically border or overlap with Kingston-upon-Hull City Council. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
East Riding of Yorkshire Council97%Yes2050Feb. 24, 2021
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These councils are the most similar to Kingston-upon-Hull City 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
Nottingham City Council99%Yes2028Jan. 21, 2019
Stoke-on-Trent City Council98%NoNo targetJuly 4, 2019
Birmingham City Council95%Yes2030June 11, 2019
Burnley Borough Council93%No2030July 10, 2019
Manchester City Council93%Yes2038July 10, 2019
Wolverhampton City Council93%Yes2028July 17, 2019
Blackpool Borough Council92%Yes2030June 26, 2019
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council92%Yes2030March 10, 2020
Salford City Council91%No2038July 17, 2019
Bradford Metropolitan District Council90%Yes2030Jan. 15, 2019
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These councils are the most similar to Kingston-upon-Hull City 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
Norwich City Council100%Yes2030Jan. 29, 2019
City of London100%Yes2027No
Brighton and Hove City Council100%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames100%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Ipswich Borough Council100%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council100%Yes2030March 10, 2020
Wolverhampton City Council100%Yes2028July 17, 2019
Coventry City Council100%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019
Stevenage Borough Council100%Yes2030June 12, 2019
Gosport Borough Council100%Yes2050No
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Powers & Responsibilities

Kingston-upon-Hull City Council is a Unitary Authority, 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.

    Passenger transport

    Climate actions might include:

    • encouraging bus and private hire operators to use low-emission vehicles, through licensing requirements or Clean Air Zones
    • incentivising bus use by improving routes, timetables, and ticket prices through ‘Enhanced Partnerships’ with operators
    • proposing to central government the development of light rail / tram networks that integrate, rather than compete, with other modes of transport in the area

    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.

    Schools and libraries

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing the carbon footprint of civic buildings through better insulation and renewable energy use
    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
    • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    • encouraging eco-clubs at schools
    • using school land to plant trees and hedgerows, or to grow food

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Social housing

    Climate actions might include:

    • prioritising energy efficiency when building new council-operated social housing schemes – for example, through the Passivhaus standard
    • enabling housing associations to improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock, through loans from the local authority

    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
    Transport planning

    Climate actions might include:

    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ like walking and cycling by creating or widening footways and cycleways
    • incentivising Electric Vehicle use by assigning street space to EV charging
    • disincentivising the use of fossil fuel cars through congestion charging,low-traffic neighbourhoods, or the reduction of parking space

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Waste collection and disposal

    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

    hull.gov.uk
    Kingston-upon-Hull City Council’s official homepage.
    @Hullccnews
    Kingston-upon-Hull City Council’s Twitter account.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Kingston-upon-Hull City 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 Kingston-upon-Hull City Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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