London’s combined authority scored well on Climate Emergency UK’s assessment of councils’ net zero policies Four years after councils in the UK started formally declaring a climate emergency, a series of scorecards published by Climate Emergency UK has shown the majority of local authorities are “underperforming” when it comes to action on climate change.
“A lack of funding and government policy U-turns are some of the barriers to effective local climate action.” London councils scored highly, with seven featuring among the top 10 unitary and metropolitan councils and Westminster coming top of that list with 62%.Scottish and Welsh councils also performed well, with most gaining above-average scores and Edinburgh and Aberdeen appearing in the top 10 unitary authorities.
No Northern Irish authorities scored more than 50%, but Belfast came top of the region’s list with 43%. Of the councils that scored above 50%, most were Labour controlled, although some had changed hands only recently. For instance, Westminster City Council was Conservative-controlled until May 2022.
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