This council declared a climate emergency on April 3, 2019.
“Despite the devastating impacts of Covid-19, the city’s determination and cross-party commitment to achieving Net Zero status by 2030 remains undiminished. ”
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-upon-Tyne City Council | Average single tier council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 82% | 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
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 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 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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Preston City Council | 81% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 80% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 78% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 77% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 77% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 77% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 77% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-upon-Tyne 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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West Dunbartonshire Council | 88% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Aberdeen City Council | 85% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Nottingham City Council | 84% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 83% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 83% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 81% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 80% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 98% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Durham County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Northumberland Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 90% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-upon-Tyne 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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Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 94% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Derby City Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 89% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 89% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Ipswich Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Mansfield District Council | 87% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-upon-Tyne 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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London Borough of Hillingdon | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 16, 2020 |
Cardiff Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2035 | July 23, 2019 |
Belfast City Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 96% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 96% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 96% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/newcastle-upon-tyne-city-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].