This council declared a climate emergency on July 18, 2019.
“Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has declared a climate emergency and set a goal to be net carbon neutral by 2030 to tackle climate change.”
“ In acknowledgement of the urgency of the situation the Council declared a Climate Emergency and committed to work with residents and partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make the borough carbon neutral by 2030.”
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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 | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 41% | 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 Blackburn with Darwen Borough 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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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 85% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 84% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 84% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Blackburn with Darwen Borough 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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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Ashfield District Council | 90% | No | No target | No |
Erewash Borough Council | 89% | No | 2050 | No |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Hyndburn Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Rossendale Borough Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Ribble Valley Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | No |
Salford City Council | 95% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
South Ribble Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 95% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Blackburn with Darwen Borough 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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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 93% | No | No target | No |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 89% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 86% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 85% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Blackburn with Darwen Borough 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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Three Rivers District Council | 98% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
Thanet District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Bracknell Forest Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
South Ribble Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 96% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 96% | Yes | No target | No |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/blackburn-with-darwen-borough-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].