This council declared a climate emergency on July 17, 2019.
“The plan sets out our long-term environmental vision – to be carbon neutral by 2038.”
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 | Salford City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 60% | 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
Industry
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 Salford 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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Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 88% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 87% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 85% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Derby City Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | May 23, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 84% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Salford 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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Liverpool City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 92% | No | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
West of England Combined Authority | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 88% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 88% | No | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Bracknell Forest Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Wolverhampton City Council | 87% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 98% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 97% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Rossendale Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Salford 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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South Tyneside Council | 97% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 95% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Hastings Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 91% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 89% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Salford 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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Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 100% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 99% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Exeter City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Tamworth Borough Council | 98% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
Belfast City Council | 98% | Yes | No target | Oct. 1, 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: Salford City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/salford-city-council/ [Accessed 27 May 2023].