This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 19, 2019.
“Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’ that requires urgent action. Make the Council’s activities net-zero carbon by 2030. Achieve 100% clean energy across the Council’s full range of functions by 2030. Ensure that all strategic decisions, budgets and approaches to planning decisions are in line with a shift to zero carbon by 2030.”
“Support and work with all other relevant agencies towards making the entire area zero carbon within the same timescale (2030).”
We couldn’t find any climate action plans for this council.
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.
Hyndburn 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 | Hyndburn Borough Council | Average district council |
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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 Hyndburn 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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Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Pendle Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 85% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 83% | No | No target | No |
Halton Borough Council | 83% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Hyndburn 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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Bridgend County Borough Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2022 |
Bolsover District Council | 89% | Yes | No target | No |
South Ribble Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 89% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
East Suffolk Council | 88% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Caerphilly County Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | June 4, 2019 |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Rossendale Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Ribble Valley Borough Council | 96% | No | 2030 | No |
Burnley Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Pendle Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 94% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Hyndburn 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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Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 91% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 90% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 88% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 88% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Hyndburn 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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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Kirklees Council | 97% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 97% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 97% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Aberdeen City Council | 97% | Yes | 2045 | No |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Hyndburn Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/hyndburn-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].