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Scorecards Updated Methodology (2025)

The majority of questions in the draft methodology for the next round of the Council Climate Action Scorecards remain the same, with four new questions and a number of amendments to questions for clarity and accuracy.

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Timeline showing: January to April 2024, Methodology review and sector consultations; May 2024, Publish updated metrics for 2025 Scorecards; August to October 2024, First marking with volunteers; November to December 2024, Five week Right of Reply period; January to March 2025, Scoring audit; Summer 2025, scorecards launch

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2023 Action Scorecards

Action Scorecards

Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they've taken towards net zero. The Scorecard assessment consists of 91 questions or less, depending on council type, across 7 different sections, created in consultation with over 90 different organisations and individuals. Each council was marked against these criteria and given a right to reply before the scores underwent a final audit. This work was completed between January and August 2023.

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Explore in detail the how different councils scored in each of the 7 Scorecard sections.

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County

Council Climate Action Scorecard

	Total Score	Building & Heating	Transport	Planning & Land Use	Governance & Finance	Biodiversity	Collaboration & Engagement	Waste Reduction & Food
County average	35% avg	70% avg	18% avg	-25% avg	34% avg	30% avg	60% avg	30% avg
This is a top performer council. Oxfordshire County Council	53%	67%	51%	20%	37%	38%	79%	64%
Norfolk County Council	51%	83%	36%	20%	39%	50%	54%	58%
Devon County Council	50%	92%	19%	0%	47%	44%	88%	64%
Leicestershire County Council	46%	75%	20%	20%	48%	38%	75%	50%
Cambridgeshire County Council	44%	92%	21%	40%	51%	25%	61%	14%
Essex County Council	43%	92%	21%	0%	28%	38%	79%	25%
East Sussex County Council	42%	75%	23%	0%	38%	25%	79%	33%
Hertfordshire County Council	42%	92%	15%	0%	37%	38%	72%	31%
Suffolk County Council	41%	88%	13%	20%	39%	25%	58%	33%
Gloucestershire County Council	38%	67%	17%	0%	26%	25%	75%	47%
Surrey County Council	34%	92%	17%	-147%	39%	25%	68%	22%
Hampshire County Council	33%	58%	21%	0%	26%	38%	64%	8%
Derbyshire County Council	31%	58%	10%	0%	48%	25%	49%	8%
Worcestershire County Council	31%	79%	-1%	0%	37%	31%	33%	25%
Kent County Council	31%	58%	10%	40%	23%	25%	62%	17%
Nottinghamshire County Council	29%	54%	26%	-147%	34%	38%	54%	33%
Warwickshire County Council	29%	42%	16%	0%	33%	25%	62%	17%
Staffordshire County Council	25%	62%	-2%	0%	20%	25%	54%	33%
Lancashire County Council	22%	50%	26%	-127%	18%	0%	35%	25%
West Sussex County Council	17%	54%	11%	-147%	22%	31%	33%	14%
Lincolnshire County Council	12%	42%	6%	-127%	16%	12%	27%	17%

Total Score
County average	35% avg	7/11 avg	4/24 avg	0/5 avg	8/27 avg	3/8 avg	11/18 avg	3/10 avg
This is a top performer council. Oxfordshire County Council	53%	6/11	11/24	1/5	9/27	3/8	15/18	7/10
Norfolk County Council	51%	7/11	10/24	1/5	10/27	3/8	11/18	5/10
Devon County Council	50%	9/11	5/24	0/5	12/27	4/8	17/18	7/10
Leicestershire County Council	46%	8/11	5/24	1/5	9/27	4/8	15/18	3/10
Cambridgeshire County Council	44%	9/11	5/24	2/5	14/27	2/8	10/18	2/10
Essex County Council	43%	9/11	5/24	0/5	7/27	4/8	15/18	3/10
East Sussex County Council	42%	8/11	6/24	0/5	9/27	2/8	15/18	2/10
Hertfordshire County Council	42%	9/11	4/24	0/5	7/27	3/8	14/18	4/10
Suffolk County Council	41%	8/11	3/24	1/5	10/27	2/8	9/18	2/10
Gloucestershire County Council	38%	6/11	4/24	0/5	6/27	2/8	15/18	5/10
Surrey County Council	34%	9/11	4/24	-4/5	10/27	2/8	13/18	3/10
Hampshire County Council	33%	7/11	5/24	0/5	6/27	4/8	12/18	1/10
Derbyshire County Council	31%	4/11	2/24	0/5	10/27	2/8	10/18	1/10
Worcestershire County Council	31%	9/11	0/24	0/5	9/27	3/8	6/18	3/10
Kent County Council	31%	7/11	2/24	2/5	5/27	3/8	13/18	2/10
Nottinghamshire County Council	29%	6/11	7/24	-4/5	8/27	3/8	10/18	3/10
Warwickshire County Council	29%	6/11	5/24	0/5	6/27	2/8	10/18	2/10
Staffordshire County Council	25%	5/11	0/24	0/5	4/27	2/8	11/18	2/10
Lancashire County Council	22%	5/11	7/24	-3/5	4/27	0/8	6/18	2/10
West Sussex County Council	17%	6/11	2/24	-4/5	5/27	3/8	7/18	2/10
Lincolnshire County Council	12%	6/11	1/24	-3/5	3/27	1/8	5/18	1/10

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