This council declared a climate emergency on Oct. 23, 2019.
“Reducing emissions per job by 22% by 2022. Reducing emissions per resident by 15% by 2022. Reducing emissions per daily road movement by 15% by 2022 ”
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.
Thurrock 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 | Thurrock Council | Average single tier council |
---|---|---|
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
Transport
Domestic
Industry
Commercial
Agriculture
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 Thurrock 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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Gravesham Borough Council | 85% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Dartford Borough Council | 84% | No | No target | Oct. 7, 2019 |
Swale Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2025 | June 26, 2019 |
Broxbourne Borough Council | 79% | No | No target | No |
Arun District Council | 79% | No | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2020 |
Basildon Borough Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Crawley Borough Council | 77% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Adur District Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Dover District Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 4, 2019 |
Rugby Borough Council | 76% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Thurrock 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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Gravesham Borough Council | 86% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 85% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Tewkesbury Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Rugby Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Swale Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2025 | June 26, 2019 |
North Northamptonshire Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 28, 2021 |
Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 22, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 80% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Norfolk County Council | 79% | No | 2030 | No |
Suffolk County Council | 79% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Gravesham Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Basildon Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Essex County Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Dartford Borough Council | 98% | No | No target | Oct. 7, 2019 |
Brentwood Borough Council | 98% | No | 2040 | No |
London Borough of Havering | 98% | Yes | No target | No |
Medway Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | April 25, 2019 |
Castle Point Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
London Borough of Bexley | 97% | No | No target | No |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Thurrock 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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Cannock Chase District Council | 94% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Breckland District Council | 92% | Yes | 2035 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Rother District Council | 91% | No | 2030 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Rossendale Borough Council | 90% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Dartford Borough Council | 90% | No | No target | Oct. 7, 2019 |
Somerset County Council | 90% | No | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | 90% | Yes | 2025 | June 27, 2019 |
Isle of Anglesey County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 8, 2020 |
Denbighshire County Council | 89% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
North Devon Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Thurrock 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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Hertsmere Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
City of York Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | March 11, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Mansfield District Council | 96% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Warrington Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 28, 2020 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Wokingham Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Surrey Heath Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 9, 2019 |
Thurrock Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.
Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Thurrock Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/thurrock-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].