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Local Climate Academy
What's included:
🗓 6 x 90-minute live interactive sessions
💬 2 open Q&A and networking sessions
📋 Follow-up resources and session recordings
🏅 A completion certificate

Tickets are £75 per person — heavily subsidised from a standard delivery cost of £300, because we know the financial pressures councils are under. Group discounts are available too: two people from the same team is £120.

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Our next Local Climate Academy (LCA) will run 2 June - 7 July 2026. 🎓
🆕 Officers new to their role will benefit from our introduction to council powers and spheres of influence.
💚 More experienced officers will particularly benefit from the networking and the action planning parts of the training.

And we're thrilled to be joining @climatecymru.bsky.social — a growing movement of hundreds of organisations working for a net zero, nature positive and climate just Wales 🌱

⚠️ Only 2 of 22 have trained all senior staff and cabinet councillors via the Carbon Literacy Project — unchanged since 2023
🔎 councilclimatescorecards.uk/nations/wales/

🏗️ Only @bridgend.gov.uk requires new homes built to net zero standards by 2030
🔎 councilclimatescorecards.uk/nations/wales/

✅ 14 of 22 councils list climate implications on decisions (up 10!)
🔎 councilclimatescorecards.uk/nations/wales/

In 2017, Wales set a target for a carbon neutral public sector by 2030, and the 2025 Action Scorecards results show real strength:
♻️ All 5 UK councils recycling 70%+ of waste are Welsh -Bridgend, Conwy, Pembrokeshire, Vale of Glamorgan and Swansea 🔎 councilclimatescorecards.uk/nations/wales/

Today our first cohort gets started and the work of assessing council climate action across the UK begins! 🌍 Watch this space for updates. #ActionScorecards #ClimateEmergencyUK

Volunteer recruitment for the 2027 Action Scorecards is now closed — and 250 amazing people signed up! 🎉💚 We are so grateful to everyone who applied and helped spread the word.

Report: climateemergency.uk/wp-content/u...

Annie Pickering: Money isn't all in climate action Academic research has found funding is not the biggest factor in a council’s performance in the climate action scorecards, writes the operations director

Local elections are weeks away. New research on our 2025 Scorecards shows councils don't need to wait for more money to act on climate — governance, engagement and public pressure matter more.
Our Ops Director Annie Pickering writes in LGC this week 👇
Article: www.lgcplus.com/politics/cli...

England Want to know how effective UK councils’ climate plans and strategies are? Check out the Council Climate Scorecards to see your Council’s score and how it compares to others across the UK.

Progress without a fully-funded statutory duty. But limited in its scope. 🔎 councilclimatescorecards.uk/nations/england/
Thank you to mySociety 🌟

🏗️ 22% have set net zero standards for new housing (up 5)
📉 Only 5 councils recycle more than 60% of waste — none more than 70%

✅ 90% have a Climate Action Plan with SMART targets (up 9)
✅ 90% have a named climate Portfolio Holder (up 5)
🌊 64% of planning authorities set highest water efficiency standards for new builds (up 4)

English councils are taking climate action — with no legal obligation to do so ⚖️
Unlike Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, there's no statutory duty for English councils to act on climate. Yet the 2025 Action Scorecards show real progress:

We're still the same organisation: independent, evidence-based, challenging and collaborative among councils and community groups. Now, we just look the part. 💚

Our new logo reflects that journey — and what we do. The hourglass represents the urgency of the climate emergency and the Scorecards data itself, with each bar reflecting the differing levels of climate action across councils. 🌍

Climate Emergency UK has a new look. 🆕
Since we started in 2019 as a volunteer group, we've grown into an established organisation producing the only comprehensive assessment of local climate action across all UK councils. 📊

🌍 Protecting people should be the first duty of any Government. At present, the UK is deeply unprepared for the increasing threat of floods, droughts, wildfires and food shortages.

The cross-party CNCC will continue to urge the Government to deliver, before it's too late.

👉 thecncc.org

Waste Reduction & Food Want to know how effective UK councils’ climate plans and strategies are? Check out the Council Climate Scorecards to see your Council’s score and how it compares to others across the UK.

Real wins. Real concerns. 🔎 councilclimatescorecards.uk/sections/s7_wr_f/
Thank you to @mySociety.org for creating these visuals 🌟

📉 Only 27% recycle more than half of residents' waste — down from 30% in 2023📈 28% have a sustainable food strategy (up from 16% in 2023)

⚠️ Only 60% provide kerbside food waste recycling — unchanged, despite an April 2026 legal deadline

✅ 64% support circular economy initiatives (up from 26% in 2023)

Food and waste — not always headline-grabbing, but councils have real power here 🌱
The 2025 Action Scorecards Waste Reduction & Food findings:
✅ 48% of single tier & county councils provide a weekly vegetarian school day (up from 24% in 2023)

Read our best practice blog at: climateemergency.uk/how-to-score-100-3-actions-councils-can-take-on-building-decarbonisation

How did @greatermcr.bsky.social score 100% in Buildings & Heating? We explored this with George Frost (iChoosr), Andrew Rice (MCS Foundation) and Robyn Smith (GMCA) — three practical actions any council can take.

Application: Scorecards Volunteering Sign up to be a Scorecards volunteer and assess councils climate action

Cohort 2: actionnetwork.org/forms/2027-a...

⏰ Last chance to volunteer for the 2027 Action Scorecards! We've had 236 applications and we're nearly full. 💚
Post 2:
📅 Cohort 1 closes Monday 30 March at 12pm
📅 Cohort 2 closes Monday 13 April at 12pm
Don't miss out 👉 actionnetwork.org/forms/applic...