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.
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]
| Parliament | Declared a climate emergency | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar Parliament | 3 May 2019 | |
| Isle of Man | 18 June 2019 | |
| 2 May 2019 | ||
| Northern Ireland Assembly | 3 February 2020 | |
| Scottish Parliament | 28 April 2019 | |
| 29 April 2019 | ||
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]
| Local government area | Declared a climate emergency | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2019[41] | ||
| On 1 October 2019 Belfast City Council became the third council in Northern Ireland to declare a climate emergency[42] | ||
| 8th June 2020 | ||
| 27 June 2019[43] | ||
| Local government area | Declared a climate emergency | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2023 | |||
| Council voted against declaring a climate emergency on 4 October 2019.[44] | |||
| 5 September 2019[45] | |||
| 30 September 2021 | |||
| 19 August 2021 | |||
| 27 June 2019[46] | |||
| 24 June 2019[47] | |||
| N/A | |||
| N/A | |||
| 27 August 2019[48] | |||
| 27 June 2019[49] | |||
| 7 February 2019[50] | |||
| 27 August 2019 [51] | |||
| 26 September 2019[52] | |||
| 16 May 2019[53] | |||
| 9 May 2019[54] | |||
| N/A | |||
| 17 December 2019[55] | |||
| 27 June 2019[56] | |||
| N/A | |||
| 11 June 2019[57] | |||
| 20 June 2019[58] | |||
| 14 May 2019[59] | |||
| 9 November 2022 | |||
| 27 June 2019[60] | |||
| 25 September 2020[61] | |||
| 22 January 2020[62] | |||
| N/A | |||
| 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] | |||
| 3 October 2019[64] | |||
| 29 May 2019[65] | |||
| 24 September 2019[66] |
| Local government area | Declared a climate emergency | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent) | 24 September 2020[67] | ||
| Bridgend County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) | 22 July 2020 | ||
| Caerphilly County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) | 4 June 2019[68] | ||
| Cardiff Council (Cyngor Caerdydd) | 28 March 2019[69] | ||
| Carmarthenshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) | 20 February 2019[70] | ||
| Ceredigion County Council (Cyngor Sir Ceredigion) | 5 March 2020[71] | ||
| Conwy County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) | 9 May 2019[72] | ||
| Denbighshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Ddinbych) | 2 July 2019[73] | ||
| Flintshire County Council (Cyngor Sir y Fflint) | N/A | ||
| Gwynedd Council (Cyngor Sir Gwynedd) | 7 March 2019[74] | ||
| Isle of Anglesey County Council (Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn) | 8 Sept 2020[75] | ||
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) | N/A | ||
| Monmouthshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Fynwy) | 16 May 2019[76] | ||
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot) | 28 September 2022 | ||
| Newport City Council (Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd) | 13 March 2019[77] | ||
| Pembrokeshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Penfro) | 9 May 2019[78] | ||
| Powys County Council (Cyngor Sir Powys) | 24 September 2020[79] | ||
| Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf) | N/A | ||
| City and County of Swansea (Cyngor Sir a Dinas Abertawe) | 27 June 2019[80] | ||
| Torfaen County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen) | 25 June 2019[81] | ||
| Vale of Glamorgan Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Bro Morgannwg) | 29 July 2019[82] | ||
| Wrexham County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) | 25 September 2019[83] |