This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 26, 2019.
“It is Fife Council’s ambition to work with local and national partners to achieve the latest climate change targets, requiring Fife to achieve a net zero emissions target by 2045.”
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 | Fife Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 70% | 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 · Top performer Education, skills and training | ||
Section 9 Ecological emergency |
Local authorities in Scotland are required to publish yearly data on their compliance with their climate change duties – including the emissions reduction projects they are undertaking.
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 Fife 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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South Lanarkshire Council | 82% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 79% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Falkirk Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Midlothian Council | 74% | No | 2030 | Dec. 17, 2019 |
South Ayrshire Council | 73% | No | 2045 | No |
North Lanarkshire Council | 73% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Carlisle City Council | 73% | No | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Wyre Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 72% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 72% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Fife 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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East Ayrshire Council | 88% | No | 2030 | No |
Falkirk Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 18, 2019 |
North East Derbyshire District Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 8, 2019 |
Pendle Borough Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
Hyndburn Borough Council | 85% | No | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Leicestershire County Council | 84% | No | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 84% | No | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Ashfield District Council | 83% | No | No target | No |
These councils grographically border or overlap with Fife Council. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Clackmannanshire Council | 91% | No | No target | No |
Perth and Kinross Council | 89% | No | 2045 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Fife 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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Nottinghamshire County Council | 97% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Wyre Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 11, 2019 |
North Northamptonshire Council | 93% | No | 2030 | July 28, 2021 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 93% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Worcester City Council | 92% | No | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | No | 2038 | March 28, 2019 |
Suffolk County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Erewash Borough Council | 92% | No | 2050 | No |
Brighton and Hove City Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Dec. 13, 2018 |
These councils are the most similar to Fife 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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Bedford Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Oxfordshire County Council | 96% | No | 2030 | April 2, 2019 |
Gloucestershire County Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
West Berkshire Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
Stafford Borough Council | 95% | No | 2040 | July 23, 2019 |
East Hampshire District Council | 94% | No | 2050 | July 18, 2019 |
West Northamptonshire Council | 94% | No | No target | No |
Lancaster City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | 94% | No | No target | No |
Hart District Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | Sept. 1, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Fife Council is a Unitary Authority, with powers over:
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Climate actions might include:
Climate actions might include:
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Climate actions might include:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Fife Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/fife-council/ [Accessed 23 May 2022].