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)
An overview of performance
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

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To decrease

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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

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To increase

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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

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To decrease

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CDP carbon disclosure score

A-

(2023 to 2024)

B

(2024 to 2025)

N/A

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A

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Proportion of trips into/ out of central Coventry made by light vehicles (Survey)

78%

(2023)

Not available (data collected bi-annually)

TfWM 62%

(2021)

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To decrease

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Road casualties by road user type - car occupant

295 (out of 498, 59%)

(2023)

273 (out of 467, 58%)

(2024)

TfWM 66%

(2023)

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Road casualties by road user type - pedestrian

89 (out of 498, 18%)

(2023)

98 (out of 467, 21%)

(2024)

TfWM 17%

(2023)

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Road casualties by road user type - cyclist

62 (out of 498, 12%)

(2023)

44 (out of 467, 9%)

(2024)

TfWM 7%

(2023)

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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)

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Electric vehicle charging points in the city

1,277

(2023)

2,133

(2024)

N/A

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Usage of electric vehicle charging points in the city

1,063,197 kWh

(2023)

1,096,504 kWh

(2024)

N/A

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Principal roads (A roads) in a good/ acceptable condition

98%

(2023 to 2024)

97%

(2024 to 2025)

England 96%

(2022 to 2023)

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95%

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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)

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95%

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Unclassified roads in a good/acceptable condition

87%

(2023 to 2024)

86%

(2024 to 2025)

England 83%

(2022 to 2023)

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85%

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Pavements without defects present

48%

(2023 to 2024)

46%

(2024 to 2025)

N/A

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50%

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Council vehicles that are zero carbon emission

73

(31 March 2024)

75

(31 March 2025)

N/A

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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)

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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

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To increase

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Advice on carbon reduction and green measures to schools

46

88

N/A

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Advice on carbon reduction and green measures to businesses

67 Coventry businesses supported

151 Coventry businesses supported

N/A

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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

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New funding for environmental technologies and management

£12.373m

£21.5m

N/A

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