This council declared a climate emergency on June 25, 2019.
We couldn’t find any climate pledges from this council. If you’ve found one, let us know!
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.
Torfaen County Borough 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 | Torfaen County Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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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
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 Torfaen County Borough 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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Newport City Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 84% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 81% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 81% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Telford & Wrekin Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 80% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 80% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 80% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Torfaen County Borough 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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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2040 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 87% | Yes | No target | No |
Nottinghamshire County Council | 86% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Rugby Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Suffolk County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 28, 2020 |
Newport City Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Caerphilly County Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 4, 2019 |
Monmouthshire County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Cardiff Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Devon County Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bristol City Council | 93% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2050 | No |
North Somerset Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Torfaen County Borough 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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Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Swale Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2025 | June 26, 2019 |
Durham County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 20, 2019 |
Scarborough Borough Council | 93% | No | 2030 | Jan. 7, 2019 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 91% | No | No target | Sept. 28, 2022 |
Ashfield District Council | 90% | No | No target | No |
Dover District Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 4, 2019 |
Medway Council | 89% | Yes | 2050 | April 25, 2019 |
Caerphilly County Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | June 4, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Torfaen County Borough 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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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Oct. 30, 2019 |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
Kirklees Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 28, 2020 |
Warrington Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
St Albans City and District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 96% | No | No target | No |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Torfaen County Borough 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: Torfaen County Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/torfaen-county-borough-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].