This council declared a climate emergency on June 11, 2019.
“To aspire for the City to be net zero carbon by 2030 or as soon after as a just transition permits – making sure we take communities with us, protecting employment and without impoverishing deprived communities.”
“That the Council will lead by example and seek to be net zero carbon by 2030 – again ensuring that this is just – taking communities with us, protecting employment and without impoverishing deprived communities.”
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 | Birmingham City Council | Average single tier council |
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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 2019 emissions
per person
per km2
Commercial
Domestic
Industry
Public Sector
Transport
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 Birmingham 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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Leeds City Council | 70% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 65% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 65% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 58% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 57% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 57% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 56% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 56% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 56% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 54% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham 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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Leeds City Council | 69% | No | 2030 | March 27, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 54% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 53% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 53% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
Westminster City Council | 53% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 52% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 50% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Oxford City Council | 50% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 28, 2019 |
Aberdeen City Council | 49% | Yes | 2045 | No |
Dundee City Council | 48% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
These councils grographically border or overlap with Birmingham City Council. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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West Midlands Combined Authority | 99% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 96% | No | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Lichfield District Council | 96% | No | No target | Dec. 10, 2019 |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | No | No target | July 6, 2020 |
North Warwickshire Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | Oct. 22, 2019 |
Staffordshire County Council | 94% | Yes | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham 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 | 95% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Nottingham City Council | 94% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 94% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 93% | No | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 92% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 92% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Birmingham 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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Bristol City Council | 100% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
London Borough of Bexley | 100% | No | No target | No |
Liverpool City Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 100% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
London Borough of Croydon | 100% | Yes | No target | July 15, 2019 |
Slough Borough Council | 100% | Yes | No target | No |
Reading Borough Council | 100% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 26, 2019 |
London Borough of Barnet | 100% | No | No target | No |
Watford Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Birmingham City Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/birmingham-city-council/ [Accessed 22 May 2022].