This council declared a climate emergency on Oct. 16, 2019.
We couldn’t find any climate pledges from this council. If you’ve found one, let us know!
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.
Halton Borough 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 | Halton Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 0% | 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 Halton 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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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 84% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 83% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 83% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 82% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 81% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Halton 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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Gravesham Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Thurrock Council | 86% | No | 2022 | Oct. 23, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Broxbourne Borough Council | 85% | No | No target | No |
Suffolk County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Basildon Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Dover District Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 4, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 96% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Halton 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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Hartlepool Borough Council | 93% | No | No target | No |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 88% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 88% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 87% | No | No target | No |
Inverclyde Council | 86% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Halton 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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Chesterfield Borough Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Elmbridge Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Basildon Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Fareham Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Woking Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Halton Borough Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.
Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Halton Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/halton-borough-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].