This council declared a climate emergency on Jan. 23, 2019.
“Milton Keynes will be the world’s greenest and most sustainable city by becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and carbon negative by 205 of the world’s most truly sustainable economies and models for growth.”
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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 | Milton Keynes | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 49% | 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 Milton Keynes 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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Swindon Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Hertfordshire County Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Dacorum Council | 86% | Yes | 2050 | July 17, 2019 |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Erewash Borough Council | 84% | No | 2050 | No |
Charnwood Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Adur District Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 83% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
These councils are the most similar to Milton Keynes 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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City of York Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | March 11, 2019 |
Swindon Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Colchester Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 89% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
South Gloucestershire Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 89% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gloucestershire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Bedford Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 19, 2019 |
Buckinghamshire Council | 95% | No | 2050 | No |
Warwickshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
West Northamptonshire Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
North Northamptonshire Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 28, 2021 |
Luton Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 13, 2020 |
Dacorum Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | July 17, 2019 |
Lancashire County Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Milton Keynes 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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Chorley Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
West of England Combined Authority | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | 95% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Erewash Borough Council | 94% | No | 2050 | No |
Aberdeen City Council | 94% | Yes | 2045 | No |
West Northamptonshire Council | 93% | No | No target | No |
Worcestershire County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Flintshire County Council | 93% | Yes | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Milton Keynes 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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West of England Combined Authority | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 97% | No | 2050 | June 26, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Three Rivers District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 96% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 96% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Thanet District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Milton Keynes is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Milton Keynes. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/milton-keynes/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].