This council declared a climate emergency on June 11, 2019.
“That the Council will lead by example and seek to be net zero carbon by 2030 – again ensuring that this is just – taking communities with us, protecting employment and without impoverishing deprived communities.”
“To aspire for the City to be net zero carbon by 2030 or as soon after as a just transition permits – making sure we take communities with us, protecting employment and without impoverishing deprived communities.”
This council’s climate plans as of 20th September 2021 were assessed and scored by trained Climate Emergency UK volunteers, as part of the Council Climate Plan Scorecards project.
Section | Birmingham City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 53% | 50% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation | ||
Section 3 Commitment and integration | ||
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications | ||
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets | ||
Section 6 Co-benefits | ||
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion | ||
Section 8 Education, skills and training | ||
Section 9 Ecological emergency |
Total 2020 emissions
per person
per km2
Domestic
Transport
Industry
Commercial
Public Sector
Agriculture
Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities.
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham City Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Liverpool City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 87% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 86% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 85% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 83% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 80% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 80% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham City Council in terms of their emissions profile, based on the latest data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Liverpool City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 88% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Cardiff Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 82% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 96% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Lichfield District Council | 96% | No | No target | Dec. 10, 2019 |
Redditch Borough Council | 96% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Tamworth Borough Council | 96% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
North Warwickshire Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | Oct. 22, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham City Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in high deprivation, medium deprivation, and low deprivation neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 94% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 91% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 91% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 87% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 83% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Belfast City Council | 82% | Yes | No target | Oct. 1, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham City Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Bristol City Council | 100% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
London Borough of Enfield | 99% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
London Borough of Bexley | 99% | No | No target | No |
Liverpool City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 98% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Reading Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
London Borough of Croydon | 98% | Yes | No target | July 15, 2019 |
Slough Borough Council | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
Blackpool Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Birmingham City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/birmingham-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].