2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the combined authority have a Cabinet member or Portfolio Holder that has climate change explicitly in their remit?

Question code
4.8
Section
Governance & Finance (CA)
Topic
Elected Climate Change portfolio holder
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has a role such as Chair of Environment Committee, Cabinet Member for Environment, Chair of Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee or any title with the words Climate Change, Climate Action, Climate Emergency, Environmental Sustainability, Environment or similar in it.
This role can be merged with another role, such as Environment and Transport.

Clarifications

Councils can be governed either by a cabinet or committee structure. A cabinet structure involves a council leader and cabinet members all from the same governing party or parties. A committee structure distributes power across politically balanced committees.

Having a Climate Champion listed as a responsibility for a councillor, as opposed to a formal role will not qualify for a mark. A Chair or Cabinet member for Environmental Services is also not valid.

Question performance

Points distribution Combined Authorities

0 points

4 Combined Authorities

1 point

5 Combined Authorities

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling Combined Authorities

11
councils scored higher in 2025
22
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence Combined Authorities

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Greater London Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Midlands Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West of England Combined Authority
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria