This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 16, 2019.
“At its meeting in December 2019 Cabinet agreed to prepare a climate emergency action plan based on the Council becoming a net zero carbon emitter by 2050. ”
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 | Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 51% | 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 Walsall Metropolitan 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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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 87% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 83% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Sheffield City Council | 82% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Walsall Metropolitan 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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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Redditch Borough Council | 92% | No | 2050 | Sept. 23, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Harlow Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Fareham Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Eastleigh Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 89% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
London Borough of Sutton | 89% | No | 2045 | July 22, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 98% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 97% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 97% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 97% | No | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Lichfield District Council | 97% | No | No target | Dec. 10, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
South Staffordshire Council | 96% | No | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 95% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Tamworth Borough Council | 95% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Walsall Metropolitan 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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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 90% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 90% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 89% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 89% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 87% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Walsall Metropolitan 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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Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 99% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
City of Lincoln Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 99% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Exeter City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 99% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Cardiff Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Belfast City Council | 98% | Yes | No target | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Crawley Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2040 | July 17, 2019 |
Tamworth Borough Council | 98% | No | 2050 | Oct. 19, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/walsall-metropolitan-borough-council/ [Accessed 27 May 2023].