This council declared a climate emergency on March 10, 2020.
“This strategy sets out the actions we need to take to get us to our target of net zero carbon emissions for the Council in 2030.”
“For the whole of the Borough in 2041 (in line with the West Midlands Combined Authority target). ”
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 | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 61% | 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 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough 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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Wolverhampton City Council | 87% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 83% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 81% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 80% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 80% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough 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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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 87% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
London Borough of Bexley | 86% | No | No target | No |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
London Borough of Ealing | 86% | Yes | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 85% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 85% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 97% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 97% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 97% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
South Staffordshire Council | 96% | Yes | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Redditch Borough Council | 95% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Lichfield District Council | 95% | No | No target | Dec. 10, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough 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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Blackpool Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 93% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 92% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 92% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 91% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 89% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 86% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 84% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Hastings Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 84% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough 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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Wolverhampton City Council | 100% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 100% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
City of London | 99% | No | 2027 | No |
Norwich City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Reading Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
London Borough of Bexley | 98% | No | No target | No |
London Borough of Enfield | 98% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].