This council declared a climate emergency on July 23, 2019.
“This Plan presents Exeter's view of how the city can achieve its ambition to be net-zero carbon 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 | Exeter City Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 61% | 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
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 Exeter 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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Bristol City Council | 80% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Worcester City Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 75% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Plymouth City Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Cardiff Council | 74% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Reading Borough Council | 74% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 73% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 73% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Exeter 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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London Borough of Southwark | 89% | No | 2050 | March 27, 2019 |
London Borough of Lambeth | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 86% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Southampton City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 84% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 83% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
London Borough of Brent | 83% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Mid Devon District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Teignbridge District Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | April 18, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
East Devon District Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | July 24, 2019 |
Somerset West and Taunton Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
South Hams District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
North Devon Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
West Devon Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Plymouth City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Sedgemoor District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | March 20, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Exeter 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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Oxford City Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 28, 2019 |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Castle Point Borough Council | 91% | No | No target | No |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Brighton and Hove City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
London Borough of Bexley | 87% | No | No target | No |
Worcester City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
London Borough of Havering | 86% | Yes | No target | No |
Cambridge City Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Exeter 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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Harlow Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 99% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 99% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Cambridge City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 98% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Hastings Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Exeter City Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Exeter City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/exeter-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].