This council declared a climate emergency on May 16, 2019.
“Principal amongst these recommendations was one for the city to become carbon neutral city by 2030, which was endorsed by the city.”
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 | Glasgow City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 75% | 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 · Top performer 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
Commercial
Industry
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 Glasgow 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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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 76% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 74% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 74% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 74% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 74% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 73% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 72% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 72% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Glasgow 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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City of Lincoln Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
London Borough of Brent | 89% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
London Borough of Lambeth | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 88% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Exeter City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
London Borough of Wandsworth | 88% | Yes | 2050 | July 17, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 87% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Eastbourne Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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East Dunbartonshire Council | 99% | Yes | 2045 | No |
East Renfrewshire Council | 98% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
Renfrewshire Council | 96% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 96% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
East Ayrshire Council | 94% | No | 2030 | No |
Stirling Council | 94% | Yes | No target | Oct. 3, 2019 |
Inverclyde Council | 94% | No | No target | No |
Falkirk Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 93% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Glasgow 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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Derby City Council | 90% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 87% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 84% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 84% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 83% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 83% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Glasgow 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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Norwich City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
City of London | 99% | No | 2027 | No |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 99% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Brighton and Hove City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 98% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 98% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Ipswich Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Stevenage Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | June 12, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Glasgow City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/glasgow-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].