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Climate emergency declarations in the United Kingdom

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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.

National

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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

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Devolved jurisdictions that have declared a climate emergency
Parliament Declared a climate emergency Date
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

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England

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County councils

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England county councils that have declared a climate emergency
County council Declared a climate emergency Date
Buckinghamshire County Council Yes 26 September 2019[6]
Cambridgeshire County Council Yes 14 May 2019[7]
Cumbria County Council No
Derbyshire County Council No
Devon County Council Yes 21 February 2019[8]
East Sussex County Council Yes 15 October 2019[9]
Essex County Council No
Gloucestershire County Council Yes 15 May 2019[10]
Hampshire County Council Yes 17 June 2019[11]
Hertfordshire County Council Yes 16 July 2019[12]
Kent County Council Yes 23 May 2019[13]
Lancashire County Council No
Leicestershire County Council Yes 15 May 2019[14]
Lincolnshire County Council No
Norfolk County Council No
North Yorkshire County Council Yes 5 July 2022
Northamptonshire County Council Yes 20 June 2019[15]
Nottinghamshire County Council Yes 27 May 2021
Oxfordshire County Council Yes 2 April 2019[16]
Somerset County Council Yes 20 February 2019[17]
Staffordshire County Council Yes 25 July 2019[18]
Suffolk County Council Yes 21 March 2019[19]
Surrey County Council Yes 9 July 2019[20]
Warwickshire County Council Yes 25 July 2019[21]
West Sussex County Council Yes 5 April 2019[22]
Worcestershire County Council Yes July 2021[23]

District councils

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England district councils that have declared a climate emergency
District Council Declared a climate emergency Date
Adur District Council Yes 18 July 2019[24]
Allerdale Borough Council Yes 25 September 2019[25]
Amber Valley Borough Council Yes 24 July 2019[26]
Arun District Council Yes 13 November 2019[27]
Ashfield District Council No N/A
Ashford Borough Council No Council voted against declaring a climate emergency on 29 July 2019. However, they have pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030.[28]
Aylesbury Vale District Council Yes 18 September 2019[29]
Babergh District Council Yes 23 July 2019[30]
Barrow Borough Council Yes 16 July 2019[31]
Basildon Borough Council No N/A
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019[32]
Bassetlaw District Council No Council voted against declaring a climate emergency on 24 June 2021.
Blaby District Council No N/A
Bolsover District Council No Bolsover Council has debated a climate emergency but have not moved a motion for climate emergency.[33]
Boston Borough Council Yes 20 January 2020
Braintree District Council No
Breckland District Council No
Brentwood Borough Council Yes 21 June 2023
Broadland District Council Yes 27 July 2023
Bromsgrove District Council Yes 24 July 2019
Broxbourne Borough Council No
Broxtowe Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Burnley Borough Council Yes 10 July 2019
Cambridge City Council No
Cannock Chase District Council Yes 17 July 2019
Canterbury City Council Yes 18 July 2019[34]
Carlisle City Council No
Castle Point Borough Council No
Charnwood Borough Council No
Chelmsford City Council Yes 16 July 2019
Cheltenham Borough Council No
Cherwell District Council Yes 22 July 2019
Chesterfield Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Chichester District Council Yes 9 July 2019
Chiltern District Council Yes 24 July 2019
Chorley Borough Council Yes 19 November 2019
Colchester Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Copeland Borough Council No
Corby Borough Council Yes 29 August 2019
Cotswold District Council Yes 3 July 2019
Craven District Council Yes 6 August 2019
Crawley Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Dacorum Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Dartford Borough Council Yes 7 October 2019
Daventry District Council Yes 20 February 2020
Derbyshire Dales District Council Yes 30 May 2019
Dover District Council Yes 29 January 2020
East Cambridgeshire District Council Yes 17 October 2019
East Devon District Council Yes 24 July 2019
East Hampshire District Council Yes 18 July 2019
East Hertfordshire District Council Yes 26 July 2023
East Lindsey District Council No
East Northamptonshire District Council No
East Staffordshire Borough Council Yes 17 August 2020
East Suffolk Council Yes 24 July 2019
Eastbourne Borough Council Yes 10 July 2019
Eastleigh Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
Eden District Council Yes 11 July 2019
Elmbridge Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Epping Forest District Council Yes 19 September 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council Yes 23 July 2019
Erewash Borough Council No
Exeter City Council Yes 23 July 2019
Fareham Borough Council Yes 24 October 2019
Fenland District Council No
Folkestone and Hythe District Council Yes 24 July 2019
Forest of Dean District Council Yes 6 December 2018
Fylde Borough Council No
Gedling Borough Council Yes 20 November 2019
Gloucester City Council Yes 11 July 2019
Gosport Borough Council No
Gravesham Borough Council Yes 26 June 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council No
Guildford Borough Council Yes 23 July 2019
Hambleton District Council Yes 14 December 2021
Harborough District Council Yes 24 June 2019
Harlow District Council Yes 11 July 2019
Harrogate Borough Council No
Hart District Council Yes 29 April 2021
Hastings Borough Council Yes 23 March 2020
Havant Borough Council No
Hertsmere Borough Council Yes 18 September 2019
High Peak Borough Council Yes 15 October 2019
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council Yes 16 July 2019
Horsham District Council Yes 26 June 2019
Huntingdonshire District Council No
Hyndburn Borough Council Yes 19 September 2019
Ipswich Borough Council Yes 9 July 2019
Kettering Borough Council Yes 24 July 2019
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Yes 9 September 2021
Lancaster City Council Yes 30 January 2019
Lewes District Council Yes 15 July 2019
Lichfield District Council Yes 21 October 2019
Lincoln City Council Yes 23 July 2019
Maidstone Borough Council Yes 10 April 2019
Maldon District Council Yes 4 February 2021
Malvern Hills District Council Yes 23 July 2019
Mansfield District Council Yes 5 March 2019
Melton Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Mendip District Council Yes 25 February 2019
Mid Devon District Council Yes 26 June 2019
Mid Suffolk District Council Yes 25 July 2019
Mid Sussex District Council No
Mole Valley District Council Yes 18 June 2019
North Devon District Council Yes 24 July 2019
North East Derbyshire District Council Yes 8 July 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council Yes 21 May 2019
North Kesteven District Council Yes 11 July 2019
North Norfolk District Council Yes 24 April 2019
North West Leicestershire District Council Yes 25 June 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council Yes 22 October 2019
New Forest District Council Yes 6 October 2021
Newark and Sherwood District Council Yes 16 July 2019
Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council Yes 3 April 2019
Northampton Borough Council Yes 3 June 2019
Norwich City Council Yes 29 January 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Yes 4 December 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council No
Oxford City Council Yes 28 January 2019
Pendle Borough Council Yes 11 July 2019
Preston City Council Yes 18 April 2019
Redditch Borough Council Yes 23 September 2019
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council No
Ribble Valley Borough Council No
Richmondshire District Council Yes 23 July 2019
Rochford District Council Yes 28 June 2023
Rossendale Borough Council Yes 25 December 2019
Rother District Council Yes 16 December 2019
Rugby Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
Runnymede Borough Council Yes 17 October 2019
Rushcliffe Borough Council Yes 7 March 2019
Rushmoor Borough Council Yes 20 June 2019
Ryedale District Council Yes 10 October 2019
Scarborough Borough Council Yes 7 January 2019
Sedgemoor District Council Yes 20 March 2019
Selby District Council No
Sevenoaks District Council No
Somerset West and Taunton Council Yes 21 February 2019
South Buckinghamshire District Council No
South Cambridgeshire District Council Yes 28 November 2019
South Derbyshire District Council Yes 27 June 2019
South Hams District Council Yes 25 July 2019
South Holland District Council No
South Kesteven District Council Yes 26 September 2019
South Lakeland District Council Yes 26 February 2019
South Norfolk District Council No
South Northamptonshire District Council No
South Oxfordshire District Council Yes 11 April 2019
South Ribble Borough Council Yes 24 July 2019
South Somerset District Council Yes 21 May 2019
South Staffordshire District Council Yes 10 September 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council Yes 14 October 2020
St Albans City Council Yes 9 July 2019
Stafford Borough Council Yes 23 July 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Yes 10 July 2019
Stevenage Borough Council Yes 12 June 2019
Stratford-upon-Avon District Council Yes 30 July 2019
Stroud District Council Yes 13 December 2018
Surrey Heath Borough Council Yes 9 October 2019
Swale Borough Council Yes 26 June 2019
Tamworth Borough Council Yes 19 November 2019
Tandridge District Council Yes 13 February 2020
Teignbridge District Council Yes 18 April 2019
Tendring District Council Yes 6 August 2019
Test Valley Borough Council Yes 4 September 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council Yes 1 October 2019
Thanet District Council Yes 11 July 2019
Three Rivers District Council Yes 21 May 2019
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council Yes 9 July 2019
Torridge District Council Yes 1 July 2019
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Uttlesford District Council Yes 30 July 2019
Vale of White Horse District Council Yes 13 February 2019
Warwick District Council Yes 26 June 2019
Watford Borough Council Yes 9 July 2019
Waverley Borough Council Yes 18 September 2019
Wealden District Council Yes 24 July 2019
Wellingborough Borough Council No
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Yes 19 June 2019
West Devon District Council Yes 21 May 2019
West Lancashire District Council Yes 17 July 2019
West Lindsey District Council No
West Oxfordshire District Council Yes 26 June 2019
West Suffolk Council Yes 11 September 2019
Winchester City Council Yes 5 June 2019
Woking Borough Council Yes 25 July 2019
Worcester City Council Yes 16 July 2019
Worthing Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
Wychavon District Council No
Wycombe District Council No
Wyre Borough Council Yes 11 July 2019
Wyre Forest District Council Yes 22 May 2019

London boroughs

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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]

London boroughs that have declared a climate emergency
London borough Declared a climate emergency Date
Barking and Dagenham Council Yes 29 January 2020[36]
Barnet London Borough Council Yes 24 May 2022
Bexley London Borough Council No
Brent London Borough Council Yes 8 July 2019
Bromley London Borough Council No
Camden London Borough Council Yes 9 April 2019
City of London Corporation No
Croydon London Borough Council Yes 15 July 2019
Ealing London Borough Council Yes 2 April 2019
Enfield London Borough Council Yes 8 July 2019
Greenwich London Borough Council Yes 26 June 2019
Hackney London Borough Council Yes 26 June 2019
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Haringey London Borough Council Yes 18 March 2019
Harrow London Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
Havering London Borough Council Yes 22 March 2023
Hillingdon London Borough Council Yes 16 January 2020
Hounslow London Borough Council Yes 19 June 2019
Islington London Borough Council Yes 27 June 2019
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council Yes 22 January 2019
Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council Yes 25 June 2019
Lambeth London Borough Council Yes 29 January 2019
Lewisham London Borough Council Yes 27 February 2019
Merton London Borough Council Yes 10 July 2019
Newham London Borough Council Yes 15 April 2019
Redbridge London Borough Council Yes 20 June 2019
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council Yes 9 July 2019
Southwark London Borough Council Yes 25 March 2019
Sutton London Borough Council Yes 22 July 2019
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council Yes 20 March 2019
Waltham Forest London Borough Council Yes 25 April 2019
Wandsworth London Borough Council Yes 17 July 2019
Westminster London Borough Council Yes 18 September 2019

Metropolitan districts

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England metropolitan districts that have declared a climate emergency
Metropolitan district Declared Date
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

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England unitary authorities that have declared a climate emergency
Unitary authority Declared a climate emergency Date
Bath and North East Somerset Council Yes 14 March 2019[39]
Bedford Borough Council Yes 5 March 2019[40]
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
Blackpool Council Yes 26 June 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Yes 16 July 2019
Bracknell Forest Borough Council Yes 11 January 2023
Brighton and Hove City Council Yes 13 December 2018
Bristol City Council Yes 13 November 2018
Central Bedfordshire Council No
Cheshire East Council Yes 22 May 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council Yes 21 May 2019
Cornwall Council Yes 22 January 2019
Durham County Council Yes 20 February 2019
Darlington Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
Dorset Council Yes 16 May 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Yes 24 February 2021
Greater London Authority Yes 11 December 2018
Halton Borough Council Yes 16 October 2019
Hartlepool Borough Council No
Herefordshire Council Yes 8 March 2019
Hull City Council Yes 21 March 2019
Isle of Wight Council Yes 24 July 2019
Leicester City Council Yes 1 February 2019
Luton Borough Council Yes 13 January 2020
Medway Council Yes 25 April 2019
Middlesbrough Borough Council No
Milton Keynes Council Yes 23 January 2019
North East Lincolnshire Council Yes 19 September 2019
North Lincolnshire Council No
North Somerset Council Yes 19 February 2019
Northumberland County Council Yes 11 June 2019
Nottingham City Council Yes 13 January 2020
Peterborough City Council Yes 24 July 2019
Plymouth City Council Yes 18 March 2019
Portsmouth City Council Yes 19 March 2019
Reading Borough Council Yes 26 February 2019
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Yes 28 March 2019
Rutland County Council No
Shropshire Council Yes 16 May 2019
Slough Borough Council No
Southampton City Council Yes 18 September 2019
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
South Gloucestershire Council Yes 17 July 2019
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council No
Stoke-on-Trent City Council Yes 4 July 2019
Swindon Borough Council Yes 16 July 2022
Telford and Wrekin Borough Council Yes 25 July 2019
Thurrock Council Yes 23 October 2019
Torbay Council Yes 19 June 2019
Warrington Borough Council Yes 17 June 2019
Wiltshire Council Yes 26 February 2019
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council Yes 26 June 2019
Wokingham Borough Council Yes 18 July 2019
City of York Council Yes 21 March 2019

Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland local government areas that have declared a climate emergency
Local government area Declared a climate emergency Date
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

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Scottish local government areas that have declared a climate emergency
Local government area Declared a climate emergency Date
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

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Wales local government areas that have declared a climate emergency
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 Môn) 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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