This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 18, 2019.
“We want to lead the way, our Green City Delivery Plan will seek to make our operations achieve net-zero carbon 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 | Southampton City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 39% | 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 Southampton 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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Portsmouth City Council | 89% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 87% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Coventry City Council | 87% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Greater London Authority | 86% | Yes | Dec. 1, 2019 | |
Luton Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 13, 2020 |
Leicester City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
Reading Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
London Borough of Enfield | 82% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Royal Borough of Greenwich | 81% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Southampton 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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Coventry City Council | 91% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 91% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Greater London Authority | 89% | Yes | Dec. 1, 2019 | |
London Borough of Brent | 89% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
London Borough of Islington | 88% | Yes | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Portsmouth City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
London Borough of Wandsworth | 86% | Yes | 2050 | July 17, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 86% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Norwich City Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
London Borough of Lambeth | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Eastleigh Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Fareham Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Winchester City Council | 97% | Yes | 2024 | June 5, 2019 |
New Forest District Council | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 6, 2021 |
Test Valley Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Isle of Wight Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Hampshire County Council | 95% | No | 2050 | June 17, 2019 |
Portsmouth City Council | 95% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Southampton 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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Luton Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 13, 2020 |
London Borough of Enfield | 89% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 88% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Leicester City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 86% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Portsmouth City Council | 85% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
London Borough of Croydon | 85% | Yes | No target | July 15, 2019 |
Greater London Authority | 81% | Yes | Dec. 1, 2019 | |
Plymouth City Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Ipswich Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Southampton 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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London Borough of Harrow | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Luton Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 13, 2020 |
London Borough of Hounslow | 99% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Leicester City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 1, 2019 |
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 98% | Yes | 2038 | June 25, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Portsmouth City Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 19, 2019 |
London Borough of Sutton | 98% | No | 2045 | July 22, 2019 |
London Borough of Merton | 97% | No | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
London Borough of Redbridge | 97% | Yes | 2050 | June 20, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Southampton City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/southampton-city-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].