This council declared a climate emergency on July 17, 2019.
“Make all council activities net zero carbon by 2028.”
“City to be carbon neutral by 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 | Wolverhampton City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 24% | 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 Wolverhampton City 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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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Liverpool City Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 87% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 87% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 86% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 86% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 85% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 85% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 29, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Wolverhampton City 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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Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 93% | No | 2038 | July 26, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 92% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 91% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 91% | No | 2025 | Sept. 11, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 91% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Harlow Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Gloucester City Council | 89% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Welwyn Hatfield Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | June 19, 2019 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 88% | No | 2038 | June 27, 2019 |
Ashfield District Council | 88% | No | No target | No |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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South Staffordshire Council | 99% | Yes | No target | Sept. 10, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Cannock Chase District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 95% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 95% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Wyre Forest District Council | 95% | Yes | No target | May 22, 2019 |
Stafford Borough Council | 95% | No | 2040 | July 23, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Wolverhampton City 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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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 92% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 90% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 90% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 89% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 88% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 86% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
These councils are the most similar to Wolverhampton City 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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Coventry City Council | 100% | No | No target | June 18, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Reading Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
City of London | 99% | No | 2027 | No |
Norwich City Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 29, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 98% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
London Borough of Bexley | 98% | No | No target | No |
London Borough of Enfield | 98% | No | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Wolverhampton City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/wolverhampton-city-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].