This council declared a climate emergency on July 25, 2019.
“Pledge to make Woking Borough Council, its wholly-owned companies and conntractors 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 | Woking Borough Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 70% | 43% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation | ||
Section 3 Commitment and integration | ||
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications | ||
Section 5 · Top performer 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
Industry
Transport
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 Woking 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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London Borough of Bromley | 88% | Yes | 2027 | No |
Fareham Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Bracknell Forest Council | 86% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | 86% | No | 2030 | No |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | No |
St Albans City and District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Rochford District Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Eastleigh Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Three Rivers District Council | 84% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Woking 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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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Erewash Borough Council | 90% | No | 2050 | No |
South Tyneside Council | 89% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | 89% | No | 2030 | No |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 89% | No | 2038 | Feb. 24, 2020 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Castle Point Borough Council | 88% | No | No target | No |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 88% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Surrey County Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Guildford Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Runnymede Borough Council | 99% | No | No target | Oct. 17, 2019 |
Surrey Heath Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 9, 2019 |
Spelthorne Borough Council | 98% | No | 2050 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
Elmbridge Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Waverley Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Slough Borough Council | 97% | Yes | No target | No |
Hertfordshire County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Bracknell Forest Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Woking 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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Eastleigh Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Bracknell Forest Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Blaby District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
City of York Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | March 11, 2019 |
Surrey County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
East Dunbartonshire Council | 92% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Three Rivers District Council | 92% | No | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Brentwood Borough Council | 92% | No | 2040 | No |
Warwick District Council | 92% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Woking 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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Fareham Borough Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 24, 2019 |
Adur District Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 99% | No | 2030 | Dec. 4, 2019 |
Broxtowe Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2027 | July 17, 2019 |
Basildon Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Sheffield City Council | 98% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Woking Borough Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Woking Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/woking-borough-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].