This council declared a climate emergency on Feb. 7, 2019.
“Edinburgh has declared a ‘climate emergency’ and set ambitious targets for reducing emissions to zero by 2030, with a hard-target for 2037.”
Progress Report · PDF · Whole Area
Climate Strategy · PDF · Draft · Whole Area
Climate Strategy · PDF · Draft · Whole Area
Climate Strategy · PDF · Draft · Whole Area
Climate Strategy · PDF · Draft · Council Only
Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Council Only
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 | City of Edinburgh Council | Average single tier council |
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Top performer Total score | 82% | 50% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation | ||
Section 3 · Top performer 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 · Top performer Education, skills and training | ||
Section 9 Ecological emergency |
Local authorities in Scotland are required to publish yearly data on their compliance with their climate change duties – including the emissions reduction projects they are undertaking.
Total 2020 emissions
per person
per km2
Domestic
Transport
Commercial
Industry
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 City of Edinburgh 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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Aberdeen City Council | 78% | Yes | 2045 | No |
West Lothian Council | 76% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Renfrewshire Council | 76% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Falkirk Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 74% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 73% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 73% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
City of York Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | March 11, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to City of Edinburgh 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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Worcester City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 88% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 85% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 84% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
West of England Combined Authority | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Midlothian Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 96% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Fife Council | 95% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 26, 2019 |
Falkirk Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 93% | No | No target | Aug. 19, 2021 |
East Lothian Council | 92% | No | 2045 | Aug. 27, 2019 |
Scottish Borders Council | 91% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 5, 2020 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 91% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 90% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to City of Edinburgh 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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Cheltenham Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
London Borough of Bromley | 95% | Yes | 2027 | No |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
North Somerset Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Swindon Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Warrington Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Three Rivers District Council | 86% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Vale of Glamorgan Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 29, 2019 |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 86% | Yes | 2025 | May 22, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to City of Edinburgh 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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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2035 | July 23, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 96% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 95% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: City of Edinburgh Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/city-of-edinburgh-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].