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“In today’s meeting, ECC’s Cabinet agreed to a range of climate mitigation initiatives, that include: a policy to transform its estate to have net zero greenhouse emissions by 2030.”
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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.
Essex County 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 | Essex County Council | Average county council |
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Total score | 0% | 40% |
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
Transport
Domestic
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. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.
These councils are the most similar to Essex 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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West Sussex County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
Lewes District Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
East Sussex County Council | 90% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Bedford Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Colchester Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Warwickshire County Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Braintree District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 22, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Essex 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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West Sussex County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Hampshire County Council | 95% | No | 2050 | June 17, 2019 |
Mid Sussex District Council | 95% | Yes | No target | No |
Lewes District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
East Hertfordshire District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Warwickshire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
East Sussex County Council | 90% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Basildon Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Brentwood Borough Council | 99% | No | 2040 | No |
Chelmsford City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Thurrock Council | 98% | No | 2022 | Oct. 23, 2019 |
London Borough of Havering | 97% | Yes | No target | No |
Castle Point Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
Gravesham Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Dartford Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | Oct. 7, 2019 |
Epping Forest District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Medway Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | April 25, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Essex 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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Colchester Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Angus Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Sept. 5, 2019 |
North East Derbyshire District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Flintshire County Council | 95% | Yes | No target | No |
Fylde Borough Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
Wychavon District Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Bedford Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Essex 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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Cheshire West and Chester Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Derbyshire County Council | 99% | Yes | 2032 | No |
Kent County Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Epping Forest District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
West Sussex County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
New Forest District Council | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 6, 2021 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Essex County Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/essex-county-council/ [Accessed 2 Apr 2023].