We don’t think this council has declared a climate emergency – let us know if it has!
“Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to level up work already underway to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and protect and enhance its green spaces and help meet its commitment to eradicating net carbon emissions across the area by 2050.”
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.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.
Section | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combine… | Average combined authority council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 0% | 48% |
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
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Agriculture
Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.
These councils are the most similar to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 82% | No | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2020 |
Plymouth City Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Greenwich | 79% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 76% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Coventry City Council | 75% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 75% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
London Borough of Hounslow | 75% | Yes | 2030 | No |
London Borough of Hackney | 74% | Yes | 2040 | June 28, 2019 |
Portsmouth City Council | 74% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
London Borough of Waltham Forest | 74% | No | No target | April 25, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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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Chorley Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wyre Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Milton Keynes | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Flintshire County Council | 95% | Yes | No target | No |
West Northamptonshire Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
North Northamptonshire Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 28, 2021 |
Bedford Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 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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Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 19, 2019 |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Tendring District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 6, 2019 |
Vale of White Horse District Council | 96% | Yes | 2045 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
South Staffordshire Council | 94% | Yes | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
North Lincolnshire Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
South Derbyshire District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Teignbridge District Council | 92% | Yes | 2025 | April 18, 2019 |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 92% | No | 2050 | Feb. 24, 2021 |
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a Combined Authority, with powers over:
Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/cambridgeshire-and-peterborough-combined-authority/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].