This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 26, 2019.
“It is Fife Council’s ambition to work with local and national partners to achieve the latest climate change targets, requiring Fife to achieve a net zero emissions target by 2045.”
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 | Fife Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 70% | 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 · Top performer 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 Fife 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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South Lanarkshire Council | 82% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 82% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Wyre Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Angus Council | 79% | Yes | No target | Sept. 5, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
South Ayrshire Council | 79% | No | 2045 | No |
Falkirk Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 78% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Fife 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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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bridgend County Borough Council | 87% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2022 |
Darlington Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
North East Derbyshire District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 86% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Bolsover District Council | 86% | Yes | No target | No |
Lancashire County Council | 85% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Derbyshire County Council | 85% | Yes | 2032 | No |
Pendle Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Dundee City Council | 96% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 94% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
East Lothian Council | 93% | No | 2045 | Aug. 27, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 92% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Angus Council | 92% | Yes | No target | Sept. 5, 2019 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 91% | No | No target | Aug. 19, 2021 |
Falkirk Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Perth and Kinross Council | 89% | No | 2045 | No |
Scottish Borders Council | 89% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 5, 2020 |
These councils are the most similar to Fife 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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Nottinghamshire County Council | 97% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Wyre Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
North Northamptonshire Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 28, 2021 |
West Lindsey District Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Worcestershire County Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 93% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
West of England Combined Authority | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Bedford Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Fife 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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Bedford Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Scarborough Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Jan. 7, 2019 |
Oxfordshire County Council | 98% | No | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
West Berkshire Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
Stafford Borough Council | 95% | No | 2040 | July 23, 2019 |
High Peak Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
East Hampshire District Council | 95% | No | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Hart District Council | 95% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 1, 2019 |
West Northamptonshire Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
Warwickshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Fife Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
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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: Fife Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/fife-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].