This council declared a climate emergency on July 18, 2019.
“South Tyneside Council is committed towards a sustainable future, striving towards carbon neutrality across Council buildings and operations 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 | South Tyneside Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 49% | 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 South Tyneside 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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Sunderland City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 87% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 84% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to South Tyneside 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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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 91% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 91% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Sunderland City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 94% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 94% | No | No target | No |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 92% | Yes | No target | No |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 92% | No | No target | No |
Darlington Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to South Tyneside 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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Salford City Council | 96% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Sunderland City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 90% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Hastings Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to South Tyneside 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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Eastbourne Borough Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | No |
London Borough of Havering | 100% | Yes | No target | No |
Rushmoor Borough Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Cheltenham Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 18, 2019 |
Tamworth Borough Council | 99% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 99% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: South Tyneside Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/south-tyneside-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].