This council declared a climate emergency on May 23, 2019.
“We will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our own estate and activities to net zero by 2030.”
“We are also committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the whole county to net zero by 2050.”
Summary Document · PDF · Approved · Whole Area
Pre-Plan · PDF · Whole Area
Action Plan · PDF
Action Plan · PDF
Climate Strategy · PDF · Approved · Whole Area
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 | Kent County Council | Average county council |
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Total score | 53% | 40% |
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. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.
These councils are the most similar to Kent County 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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East Sussex County Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bedford Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
West Sussex County Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Lewes District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Arun District Council | 87% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Colchester Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Lancashire County Council | 84% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Kent County 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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Great Yarmouth Borough Council | 92% | No | No target | No |
Ashford Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Maidstone Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
City of York Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 11, 2019 |
East Sussex County Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Arun District Council | 91% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 19, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 99% | No | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2020 |
Royal Borough of Greenwich | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
London Borough of Newham | 99% | Yes | 2050 | April 15, 2019 |
London Borough of Bexley | 99% | No | No target | No |
London Borough of Redbridge | 99% | Yes | 2050 | June 20, 2019 |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 98% | No | 2025 | July 17, 2019 |
London Borough of Lewisham | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 27, 2019 |
London Borough of Havering | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
London Borough of Waltham Forest | 98% | No | No target | April 25, 2019 |
London Borough of Bromley | 98% | Yes | 2027 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Kent County 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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East Sussex County Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 97% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Derbyshire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2032 | No |
South Lanarkshire Council | 96% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
West Lindsey District Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | No |
North Northamptonshire Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 28, 2021 |
Lincolnshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Falkirk Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Bridgend County Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2022 |
These councils are the most similar to Kent County 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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Derbyshire County Council | 98% | Yes | 2032 | No |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Epping Forest District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
New Forest District Council | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 6, 2021 |
Lancaster City Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Flintshire County Council | 97% | Yes | No target | No |
Chorley Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Kent County Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/kent-county-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].