This council declared a climate emergency on June 27, 2019.
“We recognise the challanges ahead to tackle climate change and, whilst we have already made significant strides towars achievement of a regional net zero carbon status, we will seek to achieve this outcome by the year 2025 and, wherever possible embrace opporuntities to accelerate our target date.”
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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 | Dumfries and Galloway Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 20% | 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 |
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
Agriculture
Industry
Commercial
Public Sector
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 Dumfries and Galloway 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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Scottish Borders Council | 81% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 5, 2020 |
Isle of Anglesey County Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 8, 2020 |
Powys County Council | 76% | No | 2030 | July 30, 2020 |
Ceredigion County Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2020 |
Carmarthenshire County Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 71% | Yes | 2045 | No |
East Ayrshire Council | 71% | No | 2030 | No |
Pembrokeshire County Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
Shropshire Council - Unitary | 70% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Cumbria County Council | 70% | Yes | 2050 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Dumfries and Galloway 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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Scottish Borders Council | 84% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 5, 2020 |
Ceredigion County Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2020 |
Carmarthenshire County Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Isle of Anglesey County Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 8, 2020 |
Powys County Council | 77% | No | 2030 | July 30, 2020 |
West Devon Borough Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Torridge District Council | 70% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Pembrokeshire County Council | 69% | Yes | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
Richmondshire District Council | 67% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
East Ayrshire Council | 65% | No | 2030 | No |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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East Ayrshire Council | 91% | No | 2030 | No |
South Lanarkshire Council | 91% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
South Ayrshire Council | 89% | No | 2045 | No |
Allerdale Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 87% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Copeland Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2050 | No |
West Lothian Council | 85% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 85% | Yes | 2045 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Dumfries and Galloway 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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Breckland District Council | 96% | Yes | 2035 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Somerset County Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Rother District Council | 94% | No | 2030 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Shropshire Council - Unitary | 94% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Mendip District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 25, 2019 |
South Somerset District Council | 93% | Yes | 2023 | May 21, 2019 |
North Devon Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Conwy County Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
Herefordshire Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 8, 2019 |
Somerset West and Taunton Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Dumfries and Galloway 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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Forest of Dean District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 6, 2018 |
Mid Suffolk District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Ryedale District Council | 95% | No | 2050 | Oct. 10, 2019 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 94% | No | 2045 | No |
The Moray Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Scottish Borders Council | 94% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 5, 2020 |
The Highland Council | 93% | No | 2025 | May 9, 2019 |
Aberdeenshire Council | 93% | No | 2045 | No |
West Devon Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
South Norfolk District Council | 90% | No | No target | No |
Dumfries and Galloway Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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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: Dumfries and Galloway Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/dumfries-and-galloway-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].