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North East Combined Authority

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Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Nov. 5, 2019.

Climate pledges

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Climate documents

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Climate Plan Scorecard

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.

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North East Combined Authority scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.

SectionNorth East Combined AuthorityAverage combined authority council
Total score0%48%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.5/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
9.4/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/5
2.2/5
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
5.0/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
3.0/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
2.6/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
1.1/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
2.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

4377.5 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.8 tCO2

per person

1.7 ktCO2

per km2

39%

Domestic

33%

Transport

16%

Industry

5%

Commercial

5%

Public Sector

1%

Agriculture

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to North East Combined Authority in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Darlington Borough Council87%Yes2050July 18, 2019
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council87%Yes2038Jan. 30, 2019
North of Tyne Combined Authority86%YesNo targetMay 7, 2019
West Yorkshire Combined Authority83%No2038June 27, 2019
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council82%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Pendle Borough Council82%Yes2030July 11, 2019
North Lanarkshire Council82%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Durham County Council81%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council80%No2030Oct. 30, 2019
Lancaster City Council80%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019

These councils are the most similar to North East Combined Authority 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 nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Lancashire County Council91%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
Sunderland City Council91%Yes2030March 27, 2019
Darlington Borough Council91%Yes2050July 18, 2019
Falkirk Council90%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
Durham County Council90%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
West Lothian Council90%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
North Lanarkshire Council89%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council89%Yes2050No
Worcestershire County Council88%No2030July 15, 2021
Leicestershire County Council88%No2030May 15, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council98%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Sunderland City Council97%Yes2030March 27, 2019
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council97%Yes2030April 3, 2019
South Tyneside Council97%No2030July 18, 2019
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council97%Yes2050July 25, 2019
North of Tyne Combined Authority95%YesNo targetMay 7, 2019
Durham County Council95%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Darlington Borough Council94%Yes2050July 18, 2019
Hartlepool Borough Council93%NoNo targetNo
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council92%YesNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to North East Combined Authority 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 nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
West Dunbartonshire Council96%Yes2045May 29, 2019
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council95%NoNo targetSept. 28, 2022
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council94%No2030May 23, 2019
Peterborough City Council91%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council91%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council91%Yes2038Jan. 30, 2019
Durham County Council91%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
North Lanarkshire Council90%Yes2030June 20, 2019
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority90%No2040Nov. 7, 2019
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council90%Yes2050No

These councils are the most similar to North East Combined Authority in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Caerphilly County Borough Council98%Yes2030June 4, 2019
Bridgend County Borough Council98%No2030July 22, 2022
Blaby District Council97%Yes2030No
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council95%NoNo targetSept. 28, 2022
Wyre Forest District Council95%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Gedling Borough Council94%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019
Fylde Borough Council94%NoNo targetNo
Nottinghamshire County Council93%No2030May 27, 2021
Brentwood Borough Council93%No2040No
Colchester Borough Council92%Yes2030July 17, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

North East Combined Authority is a Combined Authority, with powers over:

Council buildings and staff

Climate actions might include:

  • making council offices more energy efficient
  • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
  • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    Spending, procuring, and investing

    Climate actions might include:

    • embedding carbon impact assessment as part of the council’s budgeting and financial accountability process
    • utilising Public Works Loan Board loans or the Business Rates Retention Scheme to invest in emissions-reducing capital projects that otherwise wouldn’t get funded
    • specifying low carbon equipment and practices when procuring for relevant services from suppliers
    • prioritising positive environmental impacts during procurement, through the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012

    Read more about English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

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    North East Combined Authority’s official homepage.

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