Climate emergency declarations in the United Kingdom
Climate emergency declarations have been made by multiple jurisdictions in the United Kingdom, including city, county, and borough councils. Bills to declare a climate emergency have also been introduced in several other jurisdictions.
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National
Several bills have been introduced to the Parliament of the United Kingdom which would declare a climate emergency, but none have passed.[1][2][3]
The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill was tabled as an early day motion on 2 September 2020 and received its first reading the same day.[4][5]
Devolved jurisdictions
Parliament | Declared a climate emergency | Date |
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Gibraltar Parliament | Yes | 3 May 2019 |
Isle of Man | Yes | 18 June 2019 |
Jersey | Yes | 2 May 2019 |
Northern Ireland Assembly | Yes | 3 February 2020 |
Scottish Parliament | Yes | 28 April 2019 |
Senedd | Yes | 29 April 2019 |
Local
County councils
District councils
London boroughs
There are thirty three London borough authorities, there are only three of these London Borough authorities that have not declared a climate emergency. This means that 91% of London Boroughs have declared a climate emergency. The below table contains data of climate emergency declarations that has been obtained through CEDAMIA and edited to include jurisdictions that have not declared a climate emergency.[35]
Metropolitan districts
Metropolitan district | Declared | Date |
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | Yes | 18 September 2019[37] |
Birmingham City Council | Yes | 11 June 2019[38] |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | Yes | 29 August 2019 |
Bradford City Council | Yes | 15 January 2019 |
Bury Borough Council | Yes | 10 July 2019 |
Calderdale Borough Council | Yes | 30 January 2019 |
Coventry City Council | Yes | 18 June 2019 |
Doncaster Borough Council | Yes | 19 September 2019 |
Dudley Borough Council | No | |
Gateshead Borough Council | Yes | 23 May 2019 |
Kirklees Borough Council | Yes | 16 January 2019 |
Knowsley Borough Council | Yes | 29 January 2020 |
Leeds City Council | Yes | 27 March 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | Yes | 17 July 2019 |
Manchester City Council | Yes | 10 July 2019 |
North Tyneside Borough Council | Yes | 25 July 2019 |
Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council | Yes | 3 April 2019 |
Oldham Borough Council | Yes | 11 September 2019 |
Rochdale Borough Council | Yes | 17 July 2019 |
Rotherham Borough Council | Yes | 30 October 2019 |
South Tyneside Borough Council | Yes | 19 July 2019 |
Salford City Council | Yes | 17 July 2019 |
Sandwell Borough Council | Yes | 10 March 2020 |
Sefton Borough Council | Yes | 18 July 2019 |
Sheffield City Council | Yes | 18 November 2019 |
Solihull Borough Council | No | |
St Helens Borough Council | Yes | 10 July 2019 |
Stockport Borough Council | Yes | 28 March 2019 |
Sunderland City Council | Yes | 27 March 2019 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | Yes | 25 February 2020 |
Trafford Borough Council | Yes | 28 November 2018 |
Wakefield City Council | Yes | 23 May 2019 |
Walsall Borough Council | Yes | 16 September 2019 |
Wigan Borough Council | Yes | 17 July 2019 |
Wirral Borough Council | Yes | 15 July 2019 |
Wolverhampton City Council | Yes | 17 July 2019 |
Unitary authorities
Northern Ireland
Local government area | Declared a climate emergency | Date |
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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | No | |
Ards and North Down Borough Council | Yes | 27 February 2019[41] |
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | No | |
Belfast City Council | Yes | On 1 October 2019 Belfast City Council became the third council in Northern Ireland to declare a climate emergency[42] |
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | Yes | 8th June 2020 |
Derry City and Strabane District Council | Yes | 27 June 2019[43] |
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | No | |
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | No | |
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | No | |
Mid Ulster District Council | No | |
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | No | |
Scotland
Local government area | Declared a climate emergency | Date |
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Aberdeen City Council | Yes | 27 March 2023 |
Aberdeenshire Council | No | Council voted against declaring a climate emergency on 4 October 2019.[44] |
Angus Council | Yes | 5 September 2019[45] |
Argyll and Bute Council | Yes | 30 September 2021 |
Clackmannanshire Council | Yes | 19 August 2021 |
Dumfries and Galloway Council | Yes | 27 June 2019[46] |
Dundee City Council | Yes | 24 June 2019[47] |
East Ayrshire Council | No | N/A |
East Dunbartonshire Council | No | N/A |
East Lothian Council | Yes | 27 August 2019[48] |
East Renfrewshire Council | Yes | 27 June 2019[49] |
Edinburgh Council | Yes | 7 February 2019[50] |
Falkirk Council | Yes | 27 August 2019 [51] |
Fife Council | Yes | 26 September 2019[52] |
Glasgow Council | Yes | 16 May 2019[53] |
Highland Council | Yes | 9 May 2019[54] |
Inverclyde Council | No | N/A |
Midlothian Council | Yes | 17 December 2019[55] |
Moray Council | Yes | 27 June 2019[56] |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | No | N/A |
North Ayrshire Council | Yes | 11 June 2019[57] |
North Lanarkshire Council | Yes | 20 June 2019[58] |
Orkney Islands Council | Yes | 14 May 2019[59] |
Perth and Kinross Council | Yes | 9 November 2022 |
Renfrewshire Council | Yes | 27 June 2019[60] |
Scottish Borders Council | Yes | 25 September 2020[61] |
Shetland Islands Council | Yes | 22 January 2020[62] |
South Ayrshire Council | No | N/A |
South Lanarkshire Council | No | The council has not formally declared a climate emergency but has signed up to ambitious goals to reduce emissions before the Scottish Governments benchmark of 2045.[63] |
Stirling Council | Yes | 3 October 2019[64] |
West Dunbartonshire Council | Yes | 29 May 2019[65] |
West Lothian Council | Yes | 24 September 2019[66] |
Wales
Local government area | Declared a climate emergency | Date |
---|---|---|
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent) | Yes | 24 September 2020[67] |
Bridgend County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) | Yes | 22 July 2020 |
Caerphilly County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) | Yes | 4 June 2019[68] |
Cardiff Council (Cyngor Caerdydd) | Yes | 28 March 2019[69] |
Carmarthenshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) | Yes | 20 February 2019[70] |
Ceredigion County Council (Cyngor Sir Ceredigion) | Yes | 5 March 2020[71] |
Conwy County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) | Yes | 9 May 2019[72] |
Denbighshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Ddinbych) | Yes | 2 July 2019[73] |
Flintshire County Council (Cyngor Sir y Fflint) | No | N/A |
Gwynedd Council (Cyngor Sir Gwynedd) | Yes | 7 March 2019[74] |
Isle of Anglesey County Council (Cyngor Sir Ynys Mรดn) | Yes | 8 Sept 2020[75] |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) | No | N/A |
Monmouthshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Fynwy) | Yes | 16 May 2019[76] |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot) | Yes | 28 September 2022 |
Newport City Council (Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd) | Yes | 13 March 2019[77] |
Pembrokeshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Penfro) | Yes | 9 May 2019[78] |
Powys County Council (Cyngor Sir Powys) | Yes | 24 September 2020[79] |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf) | No | N/A |
City and County of Swansea (Cyngor Sir a Dinas Abertawe) | Yes | 27 June 2019[80] |
Torfaen County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen) | Yes | 25 June 2019[81] |
Vale of Glamorgan Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Bro Morgannwg) | Yes | 29 July 2019[82] |
Wrexham County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) | Yes | 25 September 2019[83] |
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