This council declared a climate emergency on June 19, 2019.
“We are committed to helping to tackle climate change and want to work with our community to become carbon neutral 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 | Torbay Council | Average single tier council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 41% | 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
Commercial
Industry
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 Torbay 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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Plymouth City Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 77% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 73% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 73% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Gosport Borough Council | 72% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Swansea City Council | 72% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Eastbourne Borough Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 72% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 71% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Torbay 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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Stevenage Borough Council | 89% | No | 2030 | June 12, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 83% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Isle of Wight Council | 82% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 81% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Eastbourne Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Dover District Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 4, 2019 |
Broxtowe Borough Council | 79% | Yes | 2027 | July 17, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
---|---|---|---|---|
Teignbridge District Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | April 18, 2019 |
Exeter City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
South Hams District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Mid Devon District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
East Devon District Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | July 24, 2019 |
West Devon Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Plymouth City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | March 18, 2019 |
Somerset West and Taunton Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
North Devon Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Torridge District Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 1, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Torbay 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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Eastbourne Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Ashfield District Council | 91% | No | No target | No |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Caerphilly County Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | June 4, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 85% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Tamworth Borough Council | 84% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Coventry City Council | 84% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Torbay 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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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 100% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 100% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 99% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Castle Point Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | No |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 99% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
London Borough of Havering | 99% | Yes | No target | No |
Wirral Council | 99% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Torbay Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Torbay Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/torbay-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].