This council declared a climate emergency on July 29, 2019.
“Project Zero brings together the wide range of work and opportunities available to tackle the climate emergency, reduce the Council’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2030 and encourage others to make positive changes.”
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 | Vale of Glamorgan Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 45% | 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
Public Sector
Commercial
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 Vale of Glamorgan 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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North Somerset Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Stafford Borough Council | 82% | No | 2040 | July 23, 2019 |
Swansea City Council | 82% | No | 2030 | June 27, 2019 |
Stroud District Council | 81% | No | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
Gloucestershire County Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
South Gloucestershire Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Vale of Glamorgan 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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Lancashire County Council | 90% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
Gloucestershire County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
East Lothian Council | 89% | No | 2045 | Aug. 27, 2019 |
Leicestershire County Council | 88% | No | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 88% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Charnwood Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Worcestershire County Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
Wiltshire Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
Wychavon District Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiff Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Devon County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Bridgend County Borough Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2022 |
Caerphilly County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | June 4, 2019 |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Somerset West and Taunton Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 28, 2020 |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 93% | No | No target | Sept. 28, 2022 |
Torfaen County Borough Council | 93% | Yes | No target | June 25, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Vale of Glamorgan 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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Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 95% | Yes | 2025 | May 22, 2019 |
West Northamptonshire Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Gloucestershire County Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Swindon Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
North Somerset Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 93% | No | 2050 | Feb. 24, 2021 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Vale of Glamorgan 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 98% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
North Hertfordshire District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Fenland District Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
North East Derbyshire District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
North Somerset Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 19, 2019 |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Mid Sussex District Council | 96% | Yes | No target | No |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Vale of Glamorgan Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Vale of Glamorgan Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/vale-of-glamorgan-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].