This council declared a climate emergency on July 10, 2019.
“We have set ourselves the aim of making Manchester a zero-carbon city by 2038 or before – at least 12 years earlier than the national 2050 target.”
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Action Plan · PDF · Whole Area
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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 | Manchester City Council | Average single tier council |
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Top performer Total score | 87% | 50% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 · Top performer 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 · Top performer Ecological emergency |
Total 2020 emissions
per person
per km2
Domestic
Transport
Commercial
Public Sector
Industry
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 Manchester 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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Nottingham City Council | 88% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 83% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 81% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Leicester City Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 77% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 76% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 76% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Manchester 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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Bristol City Council | 90% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
London Borough of Lambeth | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
London Borough of Brent | 86% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Southampton City Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 86% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Exeter City Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
London Borough of Southwark | 86% | No | 2050 | March 27, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 99% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Salford City Council | 97% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Rossendale Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Manchester 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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Blackpool Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Nottingham City Council | 93% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 91% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 89% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 84% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 83% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 80% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Hastings Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Manchester 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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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 100% | Yes | 2038 | June 25, 2019 |
Leicester City Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
London Borough of Hounslow | 100% | Yes | 2030 | No |
London Borough of Sutton | 100% | No | 2045 | July 22, 2019 |
Luton Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 13, 2020 |
Watford Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
London Borough of Barnet | 99% | No | No target | May 24, 2022 |
London Borough of Harrow | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Slough Borough Council | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
Southampton City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Manchester City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/manchester-city-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].