This council declared a climate emergency on Jan. 16, 2019.
“Our vision is to make Kirklees completely carbon neutral by 2038.”
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.
Kirklees 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 | Kirklees 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
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 Kirklees 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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South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 90% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Mansfield District Council | 89% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 86% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Kirklees 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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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Wirral Council | 92% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Mansfield District Council | 91% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Gedling Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 20, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 85% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 84% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Isle of Wight Council | 84% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 97% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
High Peak Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 93% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Kirklees 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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Darlington Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 91% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 91% | No | No target | Aug. 19, 2021 |
East Ayrshire Council | 91% | No | 2030 | No |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 90% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Kirklees 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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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 98% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 98% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Swindon Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | No |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 97% | No | No target | No |
St Albans City and District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Kirklees Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/kirklees-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].