This council declared a climate emergency on July 15, 2019.
“Wirral Council is committing to acting to: achieve ‘net zero’ carbon emissions associated with our activities by 2030.”
“Wirral Council is committing to acting to: promote wider action to help reach ‘net zero’ emissions for Wirral as a whole no later than 2041.”
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 | Wirral Council | Average single tier council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 53% | 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 Wirral 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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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Kirklees Council | 85% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 85% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 84% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 83% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Chesterfield Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Wirral 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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Mansfield District Council | 93% | No | 2040 | March 5, 2019 |
Kirklees Council | 93% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 16, 2019 |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Gedling Borough Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 20, 2019 |
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2040 | Nov. 7, 2019 |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Woking Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 15, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 87% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Flintshire County Council | 96% | Yes | No target | No |
Liverpool City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 96% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 92% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Denbighshire County Council | 92% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Wirral 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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Sheffield City Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 95% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Leeds City Council | 94% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 89% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
North East Lincolnshire Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Newport City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 23, 2021 |
These councils are the most similar to Wirral 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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Castle Point Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | No |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
Broxbourne Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | No |
Sunderland City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Torbay Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 99% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 98% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
London Borough of Bromley | 98% | Yes | 2027 | No |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2038 | Nov. 28, 2018 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Wirral Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/wirral-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].