2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the combined authority's area wide carbon emissions decreased, according to UK Government data?

Question code
4.5
Section
Governance & Finance (CA)
Topic
Emission data reduction
Source
National Data
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Four-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council has had an emission reduction equal to or greater than 2% from 2019 to 2022.

Second tier criteria met if the emissions reduction has been greater than or equal to 5% and lower than 10%,

Third-tier criteria met if the reduction has been greater than or equal to 10% and lower than 20%.

Fourth-tier criteria met if the emission reduction has been greater than or equal to 20%.

Clarifications

Marked using data provided by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The data that will be used is the percentage difference between the calendar years 2022 and 2019 of the "Local Authority territorial carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions estimates within the scope of influence of Local Authorities" when it is published in Summer 2024.

Question performance

Points distribution Combined Authorities

0 points

0 Combined Authorities

1 point

1 Combined Authority

2 points

2 Combined Authorities

3 points

6 Combined Authorities

4 points

0 Combined Authorities

It is not possible to compare performance on this question between 2025 and 2023 because this question’s maximum score was modified in 2025.

Scores and evidence Combined Authorities

CouncilScoreEvidence
Greater London Authority
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
West Midlands Combined Authority
Score 2025
3/4
2023 Difference
▲ 3

Evidence

3/4
West of England Combined Authority
Score 2025
2/4
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/4
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Score 2025
2/4
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/4
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/4
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/4