This council declared a climate emergency on July 17, 2019.
“All political parties within the city agreed to work together to rise to the challenge of an impending ecological disaster by making Liverpool a Net Zero Carbon city 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 | Liverpool City Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 23% | 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 Liverpool 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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Manchester City Council | 89% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 83% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 81% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
West Midlands Combined Authority | 79% | No | 2041 | June 28, 2019 |
Preston City Council | 79% | No | 2030 | April 18, 2019 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 77% | Yes | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 77% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Salford City Council | 77% | No | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 77% | No | 2029 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Liverpool 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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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
Manchester City Council | 87% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
City of Edinburgh Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 7, 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | 82% | Yes | 2050 | Feb. 6, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 80% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Dundee City Council | 80% | Yes | 2045 | June 24, 2019 |
Glasgow City Council | 78% | Yes | 2030 | May 16, 2019 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 78% | Yes | 2045 | May 29, 2019 |
Cardiff Council | 75% | Yes | 2030 | March 28, 2019 |
Aberdeen City Council | 74% | Yes | 2045 | No |
These councils grographically border or overlap with Liverpool City Council. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 99% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Wirral Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Halton Borough Council | 96% | No | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Cheshire West and Chester Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Liverpool 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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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 93% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Birmingham City Council | 92% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Burnley Borough Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 10, 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | 88% | No | 2028 | July 17, 2019 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 88% | No | 2030 | March 10, 2020 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 88% | No | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Nottingham City Council | 87% | Yes | 2028 | Jan. 21, 2019 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 86% | No | No target | July 4, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Liverpool 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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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 |
London Borough of Barnet | 100% | No | No target | No |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Watford Borough Council | 100% | No | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Birmingham City Council | 100% | No | 2030 | June 11, 2019 |
London Borough of Sutton | 100% | No | 2045 | July 22, 2019 |
Bristol City Council | 100% | Yes | 2025 | Nov. 13, 2018 |
Manchester City Council | 100% | Yes | 2038 | July 10, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Liverpool City Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/liverpool-city-council/ [Accessed 23 May 2022].