In 2019, Portsmouth City Council declared a climate emergency. Since then we’ve achieved a lot and been recognised for our efforts.
We have been awarded:
2023
- Special commendation, Council or Local Authority of the Year, Energy Efficiency Awards 2023
- Special commendation, Fuel Porverty and Vulnerable Customer Support of the Year, Energy Efficiency Awards 2023
- Special commendation, Solar PV Project of the Year, Energy Efficiency Awards 2023
- Winner, Vulnerable Customer Support, Energy Efficiency Regional Awards 2023
- Highly Commended, Council of the Year, Energy Efficiency Regional Awards 2023
- Commended, Large Project (over 250k), Energy Efficiency Regional Awards 2023
2022
- Second place, Solar PV Project of the Year. EMA Energy Management Awards
- Third place, Council or Local Authority of the Year. South East Energy Efficiency Awards
- Special commendation, Fuel Poverty & Vulnerable Customer Support Campaigner of the Year. National Energy Efficiency Awards
- Winner, Commercial Solar Project of the Year Award. Solar & Storage Live
- Winner, Best Environment Innovation, WAVE Awards 2023
2021
- Winner, Green Public Service Award. iESE
- Winner, Energy Efficiency Project of the Year. Business Green Leaders Awards
- Winner, Regional Council or Local Authority Body of the Year. South East Energy Efficiency Awards
- Winner, Energy Manager of the Year (Public Sector). EMA Energy Management Awards
- Highly commended, Energy Management Team of the Year (Public Sector). EMA Energy Management Awards
- Highly commended, Vulnerable Customer Support Campaigner of the Year. South East Energy Efficiency Awards
- Highly commended, Regional Housing Association or Landlord of the Year. South East Energy Efficiency Awards
- Commended, Regional Small Scale Project (<250K) of the Year. South East Energy Efficiency Awards
- Commended, Regional Large Scale Project (<250K) of the Year. South East Energy Efficiency Awards
We also joined many international pledges, initiatives, and campaigns. These things, as well as local reporting, help us access resources and support us with taking climate action for Portsmouth. These included:
- The CDP Cities programme – to disclose our climate activities
- Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy – the largest global alliance for city climate leadership, bringing together over 11,000 cities and local governments. Portsmouth joins 61 other local authorities in the UK.
- United Nations Race to Zero – a global campaign to rally leadership and support from sub-national entities to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Led by the UN High-Level Climate Champions, all members are committed to the same goal: to accelerate climate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
- United Nations Race to Resilience – aims to change global ambition for climate resilience and strengthen the resilience in vulnerable communities by 2030
- ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability – A number of initiatives including:
- the Transformative Actions Program to help access climate finance and attract investment
- Green Climate Cities offering individual guidance
- EcoMobility Alliance to support sustainable mobility
- The Carbon Climate Registry
- The UK100 Net Zero Pledge – a network for local government leaders that seek to support the transition to net zero
- WWF: One Planet City Challenge – to support greater ambition in city climate action
