Tackling the causes and consequences of climate change
Tackling the causes and consequences of climate change have resulted in:
- 21.7% of energy for Council buildings from renewable sources (2024 to 2025)
- 61% of planning policies in line with the Global Goals for climate action (2024 to 2025)
- 32.0% Household waste recycled & composted (2024 to 2025)
- 97% of principal roads in a good/acceptable condition (2024 to 2025)
- 86% of unclassified roads in a good/acceptable condition (2024 to 2025)
- 2,133 Electric vehicle charging points in the city (2024)
- 75 Council vehicles that are zero carbon emission (from 4 in 2021) (2024)
- 273 Car occupant road casualties (2024)
- 44 Cyclist road casualties (2024)
- 98 Pedestrian road casualties (2024)
- 18 Powered two-wheeler casualties (2024)
| Metric | Previous | Current | Comparators | Progress | Target | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon dioxide emissions from local authority operations |
8,239 tonnes (-0.4%) (2023 to 2024) |
Not available | N/A | Barrier | To decrease | Barrier |
| Increased use of renewable energy and heat decarbonisation (Household Survey respondents, score out of 35 based on answers to 7 questions, high is good) | New metric, no data available | 23 out of 35 | N/A | ? | To increase | Barrier |
| Air quality Nitrogen dioxide levels (NO2) - number of diffusion tubes monitored where average annual concentrations exceed 40 µg/m3 (the legal limit) |
1 out of 75 (2023) |
Not available | N/A | Barrier | To decrease | Barrier |
| CDP carbon disclosure score |
A- (2023 to 2024) |
B (2024 to 2025) |
N/A | Cross | A | Cross |
| Proportion of trips into/ out of central Coventry made by light vehicles (Survey) |
78% (2023) |
Not available (data collected bi-annually) |
TfWM 62% (2021) |
Barrier | To decrease | Barrier |
| Road casualties by road user type - car occupant |
295 (out of 498, 59%) (2023) |
273 (out of 467, 58%) (2024) |
TfWM 66% (2023) |
Tick | To decrease | Tick |
| Road casualties by road user type - pedestrian |
89 (out of 498, 18%) (2023) |
98 (out of 467, 21%) (2024) |
TfWM 17% (2023) |
Cross | To decrease | Cross |
| Road casualties by road user type - cyclist |
62 (out of 498, 12%) (2023) |
44 (out of 467, 9%) (2024) |
TfWM 7% (2023) |
Tick | To decrease | Tick |
| Road casualties by road user type - powered two-wheeler (includes pillion passengers) |
23 (out of 498, 5%) (2023) |
18 (out of 467, 4%) (2024) |
TfWM 5% (2023) |
Tick | To decrease | Tick |
| Electric vehicle charging points in the city |
1,277 (2023) |
2,133 (2024) |
N/A | Tick | To increase | Tick |
| Usage of electric vehicle charging points in the city |
1,063,197 kWh (2023) |
1,096,504 kWh (2024) |
N/A | Tick | To increase | Tick |
| Principal roads (A roads) in a good/ acceptable condition |
98% (2023 to 2024) |
97% (2024 to 2025) |
England 96% (2022 to 2023) |
Cross | 95% | Tick |
| Non-principal roads (B and C roads) in a good/acceptable condition |
98% (2023 to 2-24) |
98% (2024 to 2025) |
England 94% (2022 to 2023) |
= | 95% | Tick |
| Unclassified roads in a good/acceptable condition |
87% (2023 to 2024) |
86% (2024 to 2025) |
England 83% (2022 to 2023) |
Cross | 85% | Tick |
| Pavements without defects present |
48% (2023 to 2024) |
46% (2024 to 2025) |
N/A | Cross | 50% | Cross |
| Council vehicles that are zero carbon emission |
73 (31 March 2024) |
75 (31 March 2025) |
N/A | Tick | To increase | Tick |
| Household waste recycled and composted |
34.2% (2023 to 2024) |
32.0% (2024 to 2025) |
WMCA 33.4% (2023 to 2024), England 42.3% (2023 to 2024) | Cross | To increase | Cross |
| Biodiversity net gain (measure of habitat creation and conservation) | Metric to be defined, no data available | Metric to be defined, no data available | N/A | Barrier | To increase | Barrier |
| Advice on carbon reduction and green measures to schools | 46 | 88 | N/A | Tick | To increase | Tick |
| Advice on carbon reduction and green measures to businesses | 67 Coventry businesses supported | 151 Coventry businesses supported | N/A | Tick | To increase | Tick |
| Number of planning policies in line with the Global Goals for climate action |
Local Plan adopted Policies 2017 Local plan review developing further policies |
61% (38 out of 62 planning policies are totally in line with the Global Goals for climate change) Local Plan review promoting higher building standards – subject to ongoing process |
- | ? | To increase | Barrier |
| New funding for environmental technologies and management | £12.373m | £21.5m | N/A | Tick | To increase | Tick |
