This council declared a climate emergency on March 27, 2019.
“The commitments outlined in the Declaration were announced at full council in March, and support the Council's ambition to have a net zero carbon footprint by 2030.”
“The Low Carbon Framework establishes atarget for the City as a whole to be carbon neutral by 2040.”
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 | Sunderland City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 60% | 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 Sunderland 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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South Tyneside Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 85% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 84% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 84% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sunderland 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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Falkirk Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 91% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
West Lothian Council | 88% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Ashford Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Ashfield District Council | 88% | No | No target | No |
Gloucestershire County Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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South Tyneside Council | 98% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
North East Combined Authority | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 5, 2019 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 94% | Yes | No target | No |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 93% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Darlington Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 93% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Sunderland 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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Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
South Tyneside Council | 92% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Mansfield District Council | 91% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | 88% | No | 2037 | July 16, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 88% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Sunderland 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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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 99% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Castle Point Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | No |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Broxbourne Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | No |
Torbay Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 98% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 98% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Sunderland City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/sunderland-city-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].