This council declared a climate emergency on Feb. 6, 2019.
“Setting the goal of becoming a zero carbon city by 2050.”
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.
Sheffield City Council 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.
Section | Sheffield City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 0% | 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
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 Sheffield 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 | 91% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 90% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Redditch Borough Council | 86% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sheffield 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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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 95% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 94% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 91% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Ashfield District Council | 90% | No | No target | No |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 96% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
North East Derbyshire District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Leicestershire County Council | 95% | No | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Kirklees Council | 94% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
High Peak Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Derbyshire Dales District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 30, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sheffield 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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Leeds City Council | 97% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 92% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 89% | No | No target | No |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sheffield 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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Chesterfield Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 99% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Elmbridge Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Fareham Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Woking Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Redditch Borough Council | 98% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Adur District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Sheffield City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/sheffield-city-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].