This council declared a climate emergency on March 18, 2019.
“Tackling climate change is one of the Council’s top priorities and so in March 2019 we declared a Climate Emergency and pledged to make Plymouth carbon neutral by 2030.”
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 | Plymouth City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 66% | 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 · Top performer 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 Plymouth 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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Bristol City Council | 83% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Cardiff Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 78% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 78% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Southampton City Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Plymouth 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 Midlands Combined Authority | 90% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Greenwich | 89% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Leicester City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 89% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Harlow Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Portsmouth City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
London Borough of Ealing | 87% | Yes | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
London Borough of Hounslow | 87% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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West Devon Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
South Hams District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Torridge District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Teignbridge District Council | 93% | Yes | 2025 | April 18, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Exeter City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 22, 2019 |
North Devon Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Mid Devon District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
East Devon District Council | 86% | Yes | 2040 | July 24, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Plymouth 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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Ipswich Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Bristol City Council | 90% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
London Borough of Enfield | 88% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 85% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Plymouth 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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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 100% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Derby City Council | 100% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Worthing Borough Council | 100% | Yes | July 18, 2019 | |
Gosport Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Stevenage Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | June 12, 2019 |
Ipswich Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 99% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Oxford City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 28, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Plymouth City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/plymouth-city-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].