This council declared a climate emergency on April 28, 2019.
“A Climate Emergency was declared by the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority (CA) in June 2019, pledging the LCR to become net zero carbon by 2040.”
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 | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | Average combined authority council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 47% | 48% |
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 · Top performer 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 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 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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Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 88% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 86% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 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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Welwyn Hatfield Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 91% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Renfrewshire Council | 86% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 86% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 86% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Swansea City Council | 85% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Liverpool City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 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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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 90% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 89% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Mansfield District Council | 88% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 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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Sunderland City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 99% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 99% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Wirral Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Castle Point Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | No |
London Borough of Bromley | 98% | Yes | 2027 | No |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is a Combined Authority, with powers over:
Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/liverpool-city-region-combined-authority/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].