2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Is the council working with external partners or other councils to seek to influence national governments on climate action, or to learn about and share best practice on council climate action?

Question code
6.4
Section
Collaboration & Engagement
Topic
Sharing Best practice between Councils
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council is a member of any one of the following organisations or has contributed to one case study of the following organisations.

Second tier criteria met if the council:
- is a member of 3 or more of the following organisations
- has contributed to case studies with 3 or more of the following organisations.
- any combination of the above.

Membership organisations:
- UK100 (Including the Countryside Climate Network)
- ADEPT
- Blueprint Coalition
- ICLEI
- Carbon Neutral Cities
- UK Green Building Council
- Sustainable Scotland Network
- Carbon Disclosure Project (including submitting to the CDP since 2019)

Case studies:
- Friends of the Earth & Ashden case studies
- LGA (Local Government Association) climate change case studies
- UK100 case studies
- WRAP case studies

Clarifications

Further networks or case studies may be added on a case basis if a comparable standard of quality is met.

Working with climate consultants, while important, will not be scored as part of this question.

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

0 points

12 single tier councils

1 point

78 single tier councils

2 points

96 single tier councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

single tier councils

2828
councils scored higher in 2025
1212
councils scored lower in 2025

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council2/2--
Bath and North East Somerset Council2/2--
Birmingham City Council2/2--
Blackpool Borough Council
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
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Bracknell Forest Council
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Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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Brighton and Hove City Council2/2--
Bristol City Council2/2--
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Cardiff Council
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Central Bedfordshire Council
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Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
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Cheshire West and Chester Council
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City of Edinburgh Council
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City of London
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City of York Council2/2--
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
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Cumberland Council
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Darlington Borough Council2/2--
Derby City Council
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2/2
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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dorset Council2/2--
Dundee City Council2/2▲ 1
Durham County Council2/2--
East Ayrshire Council
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2/2
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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2/2
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East Lothian Council2/2▲ 1
Glasgow City Council2/2--
Kirklees Council
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Leeds City Council2/2--
Leicester City Council2/2--
Liverpool City Council2/2--
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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London Borough of Barnet
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London Borough of Brent2/2--
London Borough of Camden
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London Borough of Enfield2/2--
London Borough of Hackney
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham2/2▲ 1
London Borough of Haringey
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London Borough of Harrow2/2--
London Borough of Hounslow2/2▲ 1
London Borough of Islington2/2--
London Borough of Lambeth2/2▲ 1
London Borough of Lewisham
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London Borough of Merton2/2▲ 1
London Borough of Newham
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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London Borough of Southwark
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London Borough of Sutton
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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London Borough of Waltham Forest2/2--
London Borough of Wandsworth2/2--
Manchester City Council2/2--
Medway Council
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2/2
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
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North East Lincolnshire Council2/2--
North Northamptonshire Council
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Northumberland Council
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North Yorkshire Council2/2NA
Nottingham City Council2/2--
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Perth and Kinross Council
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      Peterborough City Council
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      Portsmouth City Council2/2--
      Reading Borough Council2/2--
      Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Royal Borough of Greenwich
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      Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea2/2▲ 1
      Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames2/2▲ 1
      Salford City Council
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      Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Sheffield City Council2/2--
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      Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Somerset Council
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      Southampton City Council2/2--
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      South Gloucestershire Council2/2--
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      Sunderland City Council2/2--
      Telford & Wrekin Council2/2--
      The Highland Council
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      Wakefield Metropolitan District Council2/2--
      Warrington Borough Council2/2--
      West Berkshire Council2/2--
      Westminster City Council2/2--
      Westmorland and Furness Council2/2NA
      Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Wiltshire Council2/2--
      Wirral Council2/2--
      Wokingham Borough Council
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      Wolverhampton City Council2/2--
      Aberdeen City Council
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      Aberdeenshire Council
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      Angus Council
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      Argyll and Bute Council
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      Bedford Borough Council
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      Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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      Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
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      Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Bridgend County Borough Council
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      Buckinghamshire Council
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      Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Carmarthenshire County Council
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      Ceredigion County Council
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      Clackmannanshire Council
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      Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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      Conwy County Borough Council
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      Coventry City Council
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      Denbighshire County Council
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      Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Dumfries and Galloway Council
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      East Renfrewshire Council
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      East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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      Falkirk Council
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      Fife Council
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      Flintshire County Council
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      Halton Borough Council
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      Hartlepool Borough Council
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      Herefordshire Council
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      Inverclyde Council
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      Isle of Anglesey County Council
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      Isle of Wight Council
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      Isles of Scilly
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      Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
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      Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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      London Borough of Bexley
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      London Borough of Bromley
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      London Borough of Croydon
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      London Borough of Ealing
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      London Borough of Havering
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      London Borough of Redbridge
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      Luton Borough Council
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      Middlesbrough Borough Council
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      Midlothian Council
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      Milton Keynes
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      Newport City Council1/2▼ -1
      North Ayrshire Council
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      North Lanarkshire Council
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      North Somerset Council
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      North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Orkney Islands Council
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      Pembrokeshire County Council
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      Redcar and Cleveland Council
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      Renfrewshire Council
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      Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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      Shetland Islands Council
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      Slough Borough Council
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      South Ayrshire Council1/2--
      South Lanarkshire Council
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      St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Stirling Council
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      Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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      Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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      Swansea City Council
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      Swindon Borough Council
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      The Moray Council
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      Thurrock Council
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          Torbay Council
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          Torfaen County Borough Council
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          Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
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          Vale of Glamorgan Council
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          Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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          West Dunbartonshire Council
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          West Lothian Council
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          West Northamptonshire Council
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          Wrexham County Borough Council
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          Caerphilly County Borough Council
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          Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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          0/2▼ -1No evidence found
          Gwynedd County Council
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          0/2▼ -2Evidence doesn't meet criteria
          London Borough of Hillingdon
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          Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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          0/2
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          ▼ 0
          0/2▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
          Monmouthshire County Council
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          0/2
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          ▼ 0
          0/2▼ -1No evidence found
          Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
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          0/2
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          0/2▼ -1No evidence found
          North Lincolnshire Council
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          Powys County Council
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          Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
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          Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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          Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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