Flintshire County Council Improves Climate Action Scorecard

Flintshire County Council are rising up the ranks in the 2025 Climate Action Scorecards.

Climate Emergency UK assesses all UK councils on the actions they take in order to reach net zero carbon and address climate change. In 2025, Flintshire County Council received a score of 39% placing them 6th in Wales, just below local authorities including Cardiff, Swansea and Gwynedd.  

Using publicly available evidence from the period of the 1st January 2020 to 31st October 2024,  the assessment asked up to 93 questions covering the sections of Buildings & Heating, Transport, Planning & Land Use, Governance & Finance, Biodiversity, Collaboration & Engagement, and Waste Reduction & Food.

Flintshire County Council’s 6th place is an improvement from 8th position in 2023 which had a score of 34%. This improvement demonstrates how the Local Authority is progressing with its Climate Change Strategy and ensures the public is provided with a variety of communications and information about the action being taken to decarbonise.

Most significant gains have been seen in Governance & Finance, and Biodiversity, but there were also additional points gained in Buildings & Heating, and Transport. Under the Single Tier Council category, Flintshire County Council is now placed 5th in Wales for its Governance & Finance, and 2nd in Wales and joint 7th in Great Britain for Biodiversity. This is thanks to: including carbon in Integrated Impact Assessments to support decision-making, using nature-friendly alternatives to herbicides and pesticides, and ensuring ecological scrutiny in planning reports. 

Through its Climate Change Strategy, which has been updated in 2025, Flintshire County Council continues to take responsibility for its greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts. This not only contributes to slowing down global warming, but also adapting to the increase in extreme weather, benefitting the local area with more efficient homes, and improved access to nature.

Cllr Dolphin, Cabinet Member for Environment, Regeneration, Countryside and Tourism, said:

“It is excellent to see Flintshire County Council’s efforts are being recognised in this latest Climate Action Scorecard update. The actions that officers across the authority are taking not only helps to address the climate and nature emergencies, but works towards making Flintshire a better place to live. I look forward to working with these teams and seeing how the Council continues to progress this vital work, improve lives and continue being recognised”.

To find out more about the latest Climate Action Scorecard and Flintshire County Council’s Climate action, visit: 

www.councilclimatescorecards.uk

Council’s Climate Change homepage