This council declared a climate emergency on March 11, 2019.
“Commit to a target of making York carbon neutral by 2030, taking into account both production and consumption emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol).”
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.
City of York Council 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 | City of York Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 0% | 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 City of York 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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Blaby District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Charnwood Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Leicestershire County Council | 83% | No | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
North Hertfordshire District Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 81% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Warwick District Council | 81% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Milton Keynes | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
St Albans City and District Council | 80% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to City of York 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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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council | 94% | No | No target | No |
Milton Keynes | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Swindon Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Hampshire County Council | 91% | No | 2050 | June 17, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Selby District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Ryedale District Council | 94% | No | 2050 | Oct. 10, 2019 |
Hambleton District Council | 92% | No | 2034 | Dec. 14, 2021 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | 2040 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 92% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
North Yorkshire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Harrogate Borough Council | 90% | No | 2038 | April 10, 2019 |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 90% | No | 2050 | Feb. 24, 2021 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to City of York 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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East Dunbartonshire Council | 98% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Rochford District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bromsgrove District Council | 96% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Blaby District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Oxfordshire County Council | 95% | No | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
Surrey County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Warwick District Council | 95% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Buckinghamshire Council | 95% | No | 2050 | No |
These councils are the most similar to City of York 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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Hertsmere Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Arun District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Thurrock Council | 97% | No | 2022 | Oct. 23, 2019 |
Inverclyde Council | 96% | No | No target | No |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Wokingham Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Gravesham Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 95% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: City of York Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/city-of-york-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].