This council declared a climate emergency on April 3, 2019.
“We commit to achieving 100% carbon neutrality across our own operations and assets by 2030 at the latest through a combination of reducing carbon production and offsetting of any residual carbon emissions.”
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 | Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 30% | 43% |
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 Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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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Staffordshire County Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 88% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Derbyshire County Council | 88% | Yes | 2032 | No |
North East Derbyshire District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Rugby Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Nottinghamshire County Council | 84% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Lancashire County Council | 83% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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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Wyre Forest District Council | 94% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 19, 2019 |
Leicestershire County Council | 90% | No | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Tendring District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 6, 2019 |
North Somerset Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
East Suffolk Council | 89% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Nottinghamshire County Council | 87% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 97% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 96% | Yes | 2025 | May 22, 2019 |
Stafford Borough Council | 96% | No | 2040 | July 23, 2019 |
Telford & Wrekin Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 93% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
South Staffordshire Council | 92% | Yes | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 91% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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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Falkirk Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Suffolk County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
East Suffolk Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
The Highland Council | 94% | No | 2025 | May 9, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 94% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 94% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Lincolnshire County Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Maidstone Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
North Warwickshire Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | Oct. 22, 2019 |
Colchester Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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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Bath and North East Somerset Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Vale of Glamorgan Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 29, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Chelmsford City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Hampshire County Council | 96% | No | 2050 | June 17, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 96% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Fenland District Council | 96% | No | No target | No |
Bromsgrove District Council | 95% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/newcastle-under-lyme-district-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].