This council declared a climate emergency on March 27, 2019.
“To minimise energy demand and meet all heat and power requirements without increasing carbon emssions to allow Leeds to meet its climate emergency commitment of zero carbon by 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 | Leeds City Council | Average single tier council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 71% | 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 Leeds 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 |
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Sheffield City Council | 90% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 83% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Leeds 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 |
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Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Swansea City Council | 90% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Milton Keynes | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Ashfield District Council | 89% | No | No target | No |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 88% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 96% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Harrogate Borough Council | 95% | No | 2038 | April 10, 2019 |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
North Yorkshire County Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Kirklees Council | 94% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Selby District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | No |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Leeds 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 |
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Sheffield City Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 94% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 91% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 90% | Yes | No target | No |
Dundee City Council | 90% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Redditch Borough Council | 90% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Leeds 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 |
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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Thanet District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Three Rivers District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Aberdeen City Council | 96% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 95% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Leeds City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/leeds-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].