Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Criteria met if climate action (alternatively called sustainability or environment) is listed as one of the council's core priorities or equivalent. It must have its own heading or section and a net zero target date must be referenced.
The net zero target date must clearly be an area-wide target, either the UK Government's national target, the devolved nation's target or the council's area-wide net zero target.
A mid-term Financial Plan is a plan (often covering four years) which sets out the council's commitment to provide services that meet the needs of people locally and that represent value for money within the overall resources available to the council.
We will accept other language for target dates, such as carbon neutrality.
Wording such as net zero, without a specific target date, is not valid for a mark.
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single tier councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Blackpool Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bristol City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Buckinghamshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of London | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Dorset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Durham County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Flintshire County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Glasgow City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Kirklees Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Leeds City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Barnet | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Camden | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Ealing | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Enfield | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hounslow | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Islington | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
London Borough of Lewisham
Evidence | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Newham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Luton Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Manchester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Somerset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Peterborough City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Powys County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Reading Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 1/1 | -- | |
| Salford City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Shetland Islands Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Stirling Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Swansea City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Westminster City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Aberdeen City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Angus Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bedford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bracknell Forest Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bridgend County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cardiff Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of Edinburgh Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of York Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Coventry City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cumberland Council
| 0/1 | NA | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Derby City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dundee City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Lothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Falkirk Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fife Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Isle of Wight Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Leicester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Bexley
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Brent
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Croydon
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hackney
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Haringey
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Harrow
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hillingdon
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Lambeth
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Merton
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Redbridge
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Southwark
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Sutton
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Wandsworth
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Medway Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Midlothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Milton Keynes
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Monmouthshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Newport City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
North East Lincolnshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Lincolnshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Northamptonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Northumberland Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/1 | NA | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nottingham City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Greenwich
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rutland County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sheffield City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Shropshire Council - Unitary
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Somerset Council
| 0/1 | NA | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Southampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Tyneside Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Sunderland City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
The Highland Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
The Moray Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Thurrock Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Torbay Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Berkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Lothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wirral Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wrexham County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |