This council declared a climate emergency on Jan. 30, 2019.
“Convenes a Citizens’ Assembly in 2019 in order to help identify how the Council’s activities might be made net-zero carbon by 2030.”
“To support and with all other relevant agencies towards making the Lancaster District Zero Carbon within the same timescale (2030).”
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 | Lancaster City Council | Average district council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 12% | 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
Public Sector
Commercial
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 Lancaster City 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 86% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 82% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 81% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 80% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 80% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 80% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Lancaster City 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gloucestershire County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Vale of Glamorgan Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 29, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 87% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Swansea City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Charnwood Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | No |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 86% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Stroud District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
Falkirk Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wyre Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
South Lakeland District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 95% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Ribble Valley Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | No |
South Ribble Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Fylde Borough Council | 93% | No | No target | No |
Blackpool Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 91% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Lancaster City 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Northumberland Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 97% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Bassetlaw District Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
Telford & Wrekin Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
North Lincolnshire Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bridgend County Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2022 |
Sedgemoor District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | March 20, 2019 |
Swansea City Council | 93% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Gravesham Borough Council | 93% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 92% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Lancaster City 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flintshire County Council | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
High Peak Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Epping Forest District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
New Forest District Council | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 6, 2021 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Derbyshire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2032 | No |
Chorley Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.
Climate actions might include:
See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.
Climate actions might include:
See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.
Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.
Read more about English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.
Help us improve this page by answering our short survey about who uses this service, and what makes action plans useful to you.
mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Lancaster City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/lancaster-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].