This council declared a climate emergency on May 21, 2019.
“Our ambition is to be carbon neutral across our own operations and land holdings by 2030 at the latest, and ideally by 2023, so any residual carbon emissions will need to be offset.”
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 | South Somerset District Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 57% | 43% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 · Top performer 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
Agriculture
Commercial
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 South Somerset 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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Somerset County Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 84% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Wychavon District Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Mendip District Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 25, 2019 |
North Devon Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Forest of Dean District Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 6, 2018 |
Sedgemoor District Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | March 20, 2019 |
Teignbridge District Council | 81% | Yes | 2025 | April 18, 2019 |
Shropshire Council - Unitary | 81% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to South Somerset 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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Somerset County Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Mendip District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 25, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 84% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Wiltshire Council | 83% | No | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Lincolnshire County Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Tewkesbury Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
North Kesteven District Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
South Staffordshire Council | 82% | Yes | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
Mid Suffolk District Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Somerset County Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Mendip District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 25, 2019 |
Sedgemoor District Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | March 20, 2019 |
North Somerset Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
Dorset Council | 93% | No | 2040 | May 16, 2019 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 92% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
East Devon District Council | 91% | Yes | 2040 | July 24, 2019 |
South Gloucestershire Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
These councils are the most similar to South Somerset 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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Shropshire Council - Unitary | 97% | No | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
Powys County Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 30, 2020 |
Somerset County Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Conwy County Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
Mendip District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 25, 2019 |
Arun District Council | 94% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Rother District Council | 94% | No | 2030 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
North Warwickshire Borough Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Oct. 22, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to South Somerset 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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South Lakeland District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Craven District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Aug. 6, 2019 |
East Ayrshire Council | 95% | No | 2030 | No |
Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 22, 2019 |
Winchester City Council | 94% | Yes | 2024 | June 5, 2019 |
West Oxfordshire District Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
East Lothian Council | 93% | No | 2045 | Aug. 27, 2019 |
Rutland County Council | 93% | No | 2050 | No |
Ribble Valley Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | No |
South Holland District Council | 92% | No | No target | No |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
South Somerset District Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: South Somerset District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/south-somerset-district-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].