This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 4, 2019.
“We have ambitious targets to be carbon neutral by 2029 as an organisation.”
“Our goal is for the whole town to be carbon neutral ten years later [2039], well ahead of the government’s 2050 target.”
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 | Middlesbrough Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 25% | 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
Transport
Domestic
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 Middlesbrough Borough 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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Derby City Council | 78% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 75% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 75% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 75% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 74% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 74% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 73% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 73% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 73% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
These councils are the most similar to Middlesbrough Borough 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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Guildford Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Winchester City Council | 84% | Yes | 2024 | June 5, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Oxfordshire County Council | 83% | No | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
Cambridgeshire County Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | May 14, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Cardiff Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
West Berkshire Council | 81% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
Peterborough City Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Warwick District Council | 80% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Tees Valley Combined Authority | 99% | No | No target | No |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
Redcar and Cleveland Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Hambleton District Council | 95% | No | 2034 | Dec. 14, 2021 |
Darlington Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 91% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Ryedale District Council | 91% | No | 2050 | Oct. 10, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 91% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Middlesbrough Borough 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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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 85% | No | No target | No |
Halton Borough Council | 85% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 79% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 79% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 79% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Middlesbrough Borough 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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Salford City Council | 99% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Tamworth Borough Council | 99% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 99% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Belfast City Council | 99% | Yes | No target | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 99% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Middlesbrough Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/middlesbrough-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].