This council declared a climate emergency on June 24, 2019.
“The Climate Action Plan has been prepared to set out a first set of ambitious actions in a long-term pathway to support Dundee in a just transition to a net-zero and climate resilient future by 2045 at the latest.”
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 | Dundee City Council | Average single tier council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 63% | 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
Commercial
Public Sector
Industry
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 Dundee City 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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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 70% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 70% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 68% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 65% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 65% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 63% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 61% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Renfrewshire Council | 61% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 60% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Dundee City 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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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 72% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 71% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 65% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Stevenage Borough Council | 64% | No | 2030 | June 12, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 63% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 63% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
West Suffolk Council | 62% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 59% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Slough Borough Council | 58% | Yes | No target | No |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Angus Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Sept. 5, 2019 |
Fife Council | 96% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 26, 2019 |
East Lothian Council | 91% | No | 2045 | Aug. 27, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 90% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 89% | No | 2045 | No |
Clackmannanshire Council | 88% | No | No target | Aug. 19, 2021 |
West Lothian Council | 88% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Aberdeenshire Council | 87% | No | 2045 | No |
Falkirk Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Dundee City 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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Sheffield City Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 91% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Mansfield District Council | 85% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 83% | Yes | No target | No |
Norwich City Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Dundee City 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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Tamworth Borough Council | 99% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Belfast City Council | 99% | Yes | No target | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | No |
South Tyneside Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Eastbourne Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 99% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Dundee City 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: Dundee City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/dundee-city-council/ [Accessed 27 May 2023].