This council declared a climate emergency on May 23, 2019.
“Gateshead Council declared a Climate Emergency at its Council meeting on 23 May 2019. In doing so, the council committed to: • Make the Council’s activities carbon neutral by 2030 • Achieve 100% clean energy across the Council’s full range of functions by 2030. ”
“Support and work with all other relevant agencies towards making the entire area carbon neutral within the same timescale [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 | Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 16% | 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 |
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.
These councils are the most similar to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough 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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Sunderland City Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 82% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 81% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 81% | Yes | No target | No |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 80% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 80% | No | No target | No |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 80% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 79% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough 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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Cherwell District Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2019 |
Cambridgeshire County Council | 86% | Yes | 2050 | May 14, 2019 |
Warwickshire County Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Oxfordshire County Council | 84% | No | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
Chelmsford City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
East Lothian Council | 84% | No | 2045 | Aug. 27, 2019 |
Wychavon District Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | No |
West Northamptonshire Council | 83% | No | No target | No |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 82% | Yes | No target | No |
Warwick District Council | 82% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 98% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 97% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Durham County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Northumberland Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 91% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough 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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Chesterfield Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Thanet District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 91% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 90% | No | No target | Sept. 28, 2022 |
North East Combined Authority | 90% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Durham County Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Ashfield District Council | 88% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough 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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Aberdeen City Council | 98% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Dartford Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | Oct. 7, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 97% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 96% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Eastleigh Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Kirklees Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/gateshead-metropolitan-borough-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].