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Climate change survey for local (parish and town) councils
1.
Please enter your council name:
2.
Please enter your county association
Avon Association of Local Councils
Bedfordshire Association of Town and Parish Coucils
Berkshire Association of Local Councils
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Association of Local Councils
Cheshire Association of Local Councils
Cleveland Local Councils Associations
Cornwall Association of Local Councils
Cumbria Association of Local Councils
Derbyshire Association of Local Councils
Devon Association of Local Councils
Dorset Association of Parish and Town Councils
Durham Association of Local Councils
East Riding and North Lincolnshire Local Councils Association
Essex Association of Local Councils
Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Councils
Hampshire Association of Local Councils
Herefordshire Association of Local Councils
Hertfordshire Association of Parish and Town Councils
Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils
Kent Association of Local Councils
Lancashire Association of Local Councils
Leicestershire and Rutland Association of Local Councils
Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils
Merseyside Association of Local Councils
Norfolk Association of Local Councils
Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils
Northumberland Association of Local Councils
Nottinghamshire County Association of Local Councils
One Voice Wales
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils
Shropshire Association of Local Councils
Somerset Association of Local Councils
Staffordshire Parish Councils Association
Suffolk Association Local Councils
Surrey Association of Local Councils
East Sussex Association of Local Councils
West Sussex Associatio of Local Councils
Warwickshire and West Midlands Association of Local Councils
Wiltshire Association of Local Councils
Worcestershire Association of Local Councils
Yorkshire Local Councils Associations
3.
Are you a councillor or a clerk?
Clerk
Councillor
Other (please specify)
*
4.
Would you be happy for us to contact you?
(Required.)
Yes
No
5.
Please enter your contact details for any follow-up research:
Name
Address
Address 2
City/Town
ZIP/Postal Code
Email Address
Phone Number
6.
What is your local council’s annual budget for the 2020-21 financial year?
up to £5,000
£5,001 - £10,000
£10,001 - £25,000
£25,001 - £100,000
£100,001 - £250,000
£250,001 - £500,000
£500,001 - £750,000
£ 750,001 - £1,000,000
£1,000,000+
7.
Has your council declared a Climate and/or Biodiversity Emergency?
Climate emergency
Biodiversity emergency
Declaration pending
No declaration planned or made
Don't know
None of these
If you have declared an emergency, please provide brief details such as date of declaration and target carbon neutrality date
8.
Has your council carried out a carbon footprint calculation? Please select all that apply:
Yes, for council operation
Yes. for the area that you cover
No
Please add details of your carbon footprint totals if available:
9.
What carbon-reducing measures are you working on in the community? Please select all that are applicable.
Electric Vehicle charging points
Car sharing scheme
Encouraging active travel
Expanding network of bicycle lanes and footpaths
Supporting public transport (e.g. subsidising rural bus service)
Incentives for switching to a sustainable energy supplier
Generating sustainable energy
Energy efficiency incentives (e.g. insulation)
Tree and shrub planting
Rewilding/wildlife friendly planning (from verges to larger areas)
Working with local landowners to manage land for wildlife
Cutting the use of pesticides
'Buy local' incentives
Local produce markets
Working with local businesses
Community fridge
Skills and traning (e.g. training people in the community to do retrofits/energy efficient measures)
Don't know
Other (please specify)
10.
What carbon-reducing measures are your council working on within their own operations? Please select all that are applicable.
Switching the council fleet to electric
Home working options for staff where possible
Encouraging active travel (walking and bicycles)
Encouraging use of public transport
Car sharing scheme
Divesting to sustainable banking
Favouring locally sourced products and services
Improving the energy efficiency of council buildings
Switching council buildings to a sustainable energy supplier
Generating your own renewable energy
Using land to draw down carbon (e.g. tree planting and rewilding)
Sustainable procurement
Don't know
Other (please specify)
11.
In order to work towards carbon neutrality/sustainability, do you need support with any of the following? Please select all that are applicable
Locating and applying for relevant grants and subsidies
Raising money
Relevant knowledge, skills and training
Understanding behaviour change
Outreach and publicity
Don't know
Other (please specify)
12.
Has your council or community met any barriers to progressing your climate emergency work?
Policy
Lack of power to act or to influence decisions made at higher levels
Low staffing levels
Skills and knowledge
Motivation
Financial
Don't know
Other (please specify)
13.
Please provide details of any ways you may have overcome these barriers to your climate change activities
14.
Has your council or community come up with any innovative carbon-cutting actions that you would like to share with us?
No
If yes, please provide details
15.
Do you have a neighbourhood plan, and does it address issues such as renewable energy or other sustainable activities?
We have a plan but it does not address sustainable issues
No plan
Pending
We aim to add sustainable measures to our exisiting plan
Yes, we have a plan which addresses sustainable actions -please state what sustainable actions it covers
16.
Has your council passed a resolution to exercise the General Power of Competence under the Localism Act 2011?
The General Power of Competence gives Councils the power to do anything an individual person can do, provided that is not explicitly prohibited in law.
Local Councils can declare the General Power of Competence when they meet two tests: (1) having a CiLCA qualified Clerk, and (2) 2/3 of Councillors publicly elected.
Yes
No
Pending
Don't know
17.
Has your council set up a community Climate Emergency Working Group (or similar)?
No
Pending
Don't know
Yes -please provide details including the group's name and aims
18.
Is your council working with any of the following climate action groups?
Friends of the Earth
Climate Emergency UK
Extinction Rebellion
Greenpeace
Don't know
Other (please specify)
19.
If your council is
not interested
in acting on the climate emergency, please describe why you think that might be:
The councillors believe the council is too small to make a difference
Perceived lack of support in the community
Lack of resources or powers
The majority of the council do not feel that there is a climate emergency
The majority of the council feel that it is too late to act on the climate emergency
Don't know
Other (please specify)
20.
What is the most significant change that you would like to retain after the COVID-19 pandemic?
Increased home working
Supporting residents to cycle and walk more
Community spirit
Appreciation of local green spaces
Increase in use of technology
Reduction in the use of paper
All of the above
Other (please specify)
21.
If your council has no plans to act on the climate emergency, what might help to change the councillors' minds? Please tick as many boxes as are applicable.
Climate change awareness resources
A package of advice on how to declare a climate emergency
Financial support
Teaming up with your neighbouring councils
Teaming up with community groups
You believe the council is not interested in acting on the climate emergency even with support
Don't know
Other (please specify)
Current Progress,
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