This council declared a climate emergency on Feb. 20, 2019.
“Immediately adopt a new Durham County Council target of 60% [carbon reduction] by 2030(i) making significant progress towards making Durham County Council and County Durham carbon neutral taking into account both production and consumption emissions.”
“Investigate what further actions are necessary to make County Durham carbon neutral by 2050 and pledge to achieve this.”
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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 | Durham County Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 58% | 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 Durham County 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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North East Combined Authority | 82% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Bolsover District Council | 81% | Yes | No target | No |
Copeland Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Denbighshire County Council | 76% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 76% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Northumberland Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
North Lincolnshire Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 74% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 73% | Yes | 2050 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Durham County 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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North East Combined Authority | 90% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Lancashire County Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Surrey Heath Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 9, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Hertsmere Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Fylde Borough Council | 83% | No | No target | No |
South Lanarkshire Council | 83% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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North East Combined Authority | 94% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Richmondshire District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 92% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 91% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 90% | Yes | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Durham County 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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Scarborough Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | Jan. 7, 2019 |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 95% | No | No target | Sept. 28, 2022 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 94% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | No |
North East Combined Authority | 92% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Swale Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2025 | June 26, 2019 |
East Lindsey District Council | 91% | Yes | 2040 | No |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Durham County 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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Bolsover District Council | 93% | Yes | No target | No |
Teignbridge District Council | 90% | Yes | 2025 | April 18, 2019 |
South Staffordshire Council | 89% | Yes | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
Cambridgeshire County Council | 89% | Yes | 2050 | May 14, 2019 |
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | 87% | No | 2037 | July 16, 2019 |
South Derbyshire District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Newark and Sherwood District Council | 87% | Yes | 2035 | July 16, 2019 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | 87% | No | 2030 | July 19, 2019 |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council | 86% | No | No target | No |
Rushcliffe Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | March 7, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Durham County Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/durham-county-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].