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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 | Inverclyde Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 20% | 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 |
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
Industry
Agriculture
Public Sector
Commercial
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 Inverclyde 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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Renfrewshire Council | 76% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 74% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 73% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 73% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 71% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 70% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 69% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Fife Council | 69% | Yes | 2045 | Sept. 26, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 69% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Inverclyde 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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West Lancashire Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
East Ayrshire Council | 85% | No | 2030 | No |
Gwynedd County Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 7, 2019 |
Shropshire Council - Unitary | 82% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Denbighshire County Council | 81% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
Stroud District Council | 79% | No | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
Vale of Glamorgan Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | July 29, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
North Kesteven District Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 78% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Renfrewshire Council | 97% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 97% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
North Ayrshire Council | 95% | No | 2030 | June 25, 2019 |
East Renfrewshire Council | 95% | No | 2040 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
Glasgow City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 93% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Stirling Council | 93% | Yes | No target | Oct. 3, 2019 |
East Ayrshire Council | 92% | No | 2030 | No |
South Ayrshire Council | 91% | No | 2045 | No |
Argyll and Bute Council | 90% | Yes | 2045 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Inverclyde 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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Tees Valley Combined Authority | 90% | No | No target | No |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 90% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 87% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 86% | No | No target | No |
Preston City Council | 85% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
North Ayrshire Council | 83% | No | 2030 | June 25, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 83% | Yes | No target | No |
Sheffield City Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Inverclyde 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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City of York Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 11, 2019 |
Surrey Heath Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 9, 2019 |
Fylde Borough Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Hertsmere Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Thurrock Council | 94% | No | 2022 | Oct. 23, 2019 |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 28, 2020 |
Arun District Council | 94% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Gedling Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 20, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Inverclyde Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/inverclyde-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].