This council declared a climate emergency on July 11, 2019.
“This committed the Council to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.”
“This committed the Council to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and the City as whole by 2050.”
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.
Gloucester City Council scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.
Section | Gloucester City Council | Average district council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 0% | 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
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 Gloucester 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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Worcester City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Sheffield City Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Cardiff Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 82% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Redditch Borough Council | 81% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 81% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 80% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Gloucester 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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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Leicester City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 90% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 90% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Portsmouth City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
London Borough of Brent | 87% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Stroud District Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
Tewkesbury Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Forest of Dean District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 6, 2018 |
Cotswold District Council | 94% | No | No target | July 3, 2019 |
Malvern Hills District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Wychavon District Council | 93% | Yes | 2050 | No |
South Gloucestershire Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
These councils are the most similar to Gloucester 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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Havant Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Cardiff Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 84% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Redditch Borough Council | 83% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 81% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 81% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 80% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Gloucester 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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Hastings Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
Cambridge City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Plymouth City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Derby City Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 99% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Worthing Borough Council | 99% | Yes | July 18, 2019 | |
Gosport Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Stevenage Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | June 12, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Gloucester City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/gloucester-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].