This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 19, 2019.
“In recognition of this the Council declared a climate emergency in September 2019 and set itself a target of ensuring its own buildings and operations are carbon neutral by 2030.”
“To note that an action plan will be developed to cut across all relevant service areas to deliver the Council’s resolution to declare a climate emergency and its pledge to do everything within its power to make the Epping Forest District carbon neutral by 2030.”
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 | Epping Forest District Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 59% | 43% |
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
Agriculture
Commercial
Industry
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 Epping Forest District 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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Lewes District Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | No |
West Sussex County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
East Sussex County Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Hertsmere Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Arun District Council | 81% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Bedford Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Epping Forest District 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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Harborough District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | June 24, 2019 |
Copeland Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2050 | No |
East Devon District Council | 82% | Yes | 2040 | July 24, 2019 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 82% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
South Oxfordshire District Council | 81% | Yes | 2025 | April 11, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 80% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Tandridge District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2020 |
East Sussex County Council | 80% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Buckinghamshire Council | 80% | No | 2050 | No |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Harlow Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
London Borough of Redbridge | 98% | Yes | 2050 | June 20, 2019 |
London Borough of Havering | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 98% | No | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2020 |
Brentwood Borough Council | 98% | No | 2040 | No |
Broxbourne Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
London Borough of Waltham Forest | 97% | No | No target | April 25, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
London Borough of Newham | 97% | Yes | 2050 | April 15, 2019 |
East Hertfordshire District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Epping Forest District 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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Braintree District Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 22, 2019 |
Rugby Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
South Hams District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Lewes District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Monmouthshire County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Chichester District Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | July 9, 2019 |
Malvern Hills District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 96% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Wychavon District Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Babergh District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Epping Forest District 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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Maidstone Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
New Forest District Council | 99% | No | No target | Nov. 6, 2021 |
Derbyshire County Council | 98% | Yes | 2032 | No |
Kent County Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Wyre Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Epping Forest District Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Epping Forest District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/epping-forest-district-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].