This council declared a climate emergency on Aug. 26, 2019.
“In August 2019, Falkirk Council declared a Climate Emergency and “agreed to push towards increasing our efforts to reduce our carbon emissions to net zero by 2030 while making Grangemouth our first carbon neutral town”.”
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 | Falkirk Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 14% | 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
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 Falkirk 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 Lothian Council | 90% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 85% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 83% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
Renfrewshire Council | 83% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 78% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 78% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Fife Council | 77% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 26, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 76% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Falkirk 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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Sunderland City Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | No |
West Lothian Council | 91% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 91% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Gloucestershire County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
Ashfield District Council | 89% | No | No target | No |
Maidstone Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Clackmannanshire Council | 98% | No | No target | Aug. 19, 2021 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 97% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 94% | Yes | 2045 | No |
South Lanarkshire Council | 94% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Stirling Council | 92% | Yes | No target | Oct. 3, 2019 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 91% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 91% | No | 2045 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Falkirk 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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East Suffolk Council | 97% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Lincolnshire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Suffolk County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Newark and Sherwood District Council | 95% | Yes | 2035 | July 16, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 95% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
East Sussex County Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
South Ayrshire Council | 94% | No | 2045 | No |
Ashford Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Falkirk 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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Warwick District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Rochford District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Preston City Council | 94% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
South Gloucestershire Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Telford & Wrekin Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
West of England Combined Authority | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Milton Keynes | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 93% | No | 2050 | June 26, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Mid Sussex District Council | 93% | Yes | No target | No |
Falkirk Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
Climate actions might include:
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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: Falkirk Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/falkirk-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].