This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 16, 2019.
“In September 2019, Rother District Council declared a climate emergency and pledged to become 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 | Rother District Council | Average district council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 22% | 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
Transport
Domestic
Industry
Commercial
Agriculture
Public Sector
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 Rother 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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Norfolk County Council | 80% | No | 2030 | No |
Suffolk County Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
East Lindsey District Council | 76% | Yes | 2040 | No |
South Holland District Council | 76% | No | No target | No |
Dover District Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 4, 2019 |
Lincolnshire County Council | 74% | Yes | 2050 | No |
East Suffolk Council | 74% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Tendring District Council | 74% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 6, 2019 |
Monmouthshire County Council | 73% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
East Sussex County Council | 72% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Rother 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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Scarborough Borough Council | 82% | No | 2030 | Jan. 7, 2019 |
East Lindsey District Council | 80% | Yes | 2040 | No |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
North Norfolk District Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | April 24, 2019 |
South Hams District Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Monmouthshire County Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Carlisle City Council | 76% | No | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
South Ayrshire Council | 73% | No | 2045 | No |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 73% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Nottinghamshire County Council | 72% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Hastings Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
East Sussex County Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Eastbourne Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Wealden District Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | July 24, 2019 |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Swale Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2025 | June 26, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Rother 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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North Devon Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Somerset County Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Conwy County Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
Norfolk County Council | 95% | No | 2030 | No |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 94% | Yes | 2025 | June 27, 2019 |
Breckland District Council | 94% | Yes | 2035 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
South Somerset District Council | 93% | Yes | 2023 | May 21, 2019 |
Wrexham County Borough Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
Arun District Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
These councils are the most similar to Rother 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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Devon County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
North Yorkshire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Norfolk County Council | 96% | No | 2030 | No |
North Devon Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Chichester District Council | 95% | Yes | 2025 | July 9, 2019 |
Shropshire Council - Unitary | 94% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Wiltshire Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Lincolnshire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Somerset County Council | 92% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Carmarthenshire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Rother District Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Rother District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/rother-district-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].