This council declared a climate emergency on Feb. 25, 2019.
“Establishing a baseline emissions inventory is the first step in determining how to deliver on the Councils Carbon Emissions Pathway to enable the district to be Net-Zero 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 | Mendip District Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 71% | 43% |
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 Education, skills and training | ||
Section 9 · Top performer Ecological emergency |
Total 2020 emissions
per person
per km2
Transport
Domestic
Industry
Agriculture
Commercial
Public Sector
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 Mendip District 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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Somerset County Council | 89% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Herefordshire Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | March 8, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 83% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Malvern Hills District Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
South Somerset District Council | 81% | Yes | 2023 | May 21, 2019 |
Sedgemoor District Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | March 20, 2019 |
Somerset West and Taunton Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Forest of Dean District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 6, 2018 |
Wychavon District Council | 79% | Yes | 2050 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Mendip District 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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South Somerset District Council | 88% | Yes | 2023 | May 21, 2019 |
Somerset County Council | 86% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
West Lindsey District Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Herefordshire Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | March 8, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
South Holland District Council | 82% | No | No target | No |
Babergh District Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Tewkesbury Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Breckland District Council | 81% | Yes | 2035 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Mid Suffolk District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Bath and North East Somerset Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Somerset County Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
South Somerset District Council | 96% | Yes | 2023 | May 21, 2019 |
North Somerset Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 94% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
South Gloucestershire Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Sedgemoor District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | March 20, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 93% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Stroud District Council | 90% | No | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
These councils are the most similar to Mendip District 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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Shropshire Council - Unitary | 97% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Mid Devon District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
West Suffolk Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Powys County Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 30, 2020 |
South Somerset District Council | 94% | Yes | 2023 | May 21, 2019 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 94% | Yes | 2025 | June 27, 2019 |
Eden District Council | 93% | No | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Somerset County Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 91% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Mendip District 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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Melton Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Stirling Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Oct. 3, 2019 |
Angus Council | 92% | Yes | No target | Sept. 5, 2019 |
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | 90% | No | No target | Sept. 9, 2019 |
Carmarthenshire County Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | 88% | No | No target | No |
Ashford Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | 87% | No | No target | No |
Somerset County Council | 87% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Wiltshire Council | 87% | No | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Mendip District Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Mendip District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/mendip-district-council/ [Accessed 2 Apr 2023].