North Tyneside
Climate Action Plan

Nationally, the UK has a legally binding target to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Many local councils have more ambitious targets. There are nearly 400 principal councils across the country: the majority have a net-zero target of 2030. Further information from the Council.

Local net-zero target date

2050

Plan published

September 2020

Plan scope

Plan covers entire local area

Climate emergency declared

July 2019

Working together

We use data on Climate Action Plans from data.climateemergency.uk

If you have more recent Climate Action Plan information for this area, please contact mySociety at [email protected]

CO2 emissions

It's hard to visualise CO2 emissions. The data talks about 'tonnes of CO2' - but what does a tonne of gas look like? Well, imagine a typical large hot air balloon (almost 3,000 cubic metres in volume). One tonne of CO2 would fill one of these hot air balloons.

Additional local carbon emissions

Carbon emissions embedded in the imported goods we consume locally are typically not counted. However, these goods are produced and then transported here because of our consumer demands. Imported emissions are so big they should not be hidden*.

* Note: Imported emissions are estimated based on the Total UK Goods & Services Greenhouse Gases imported emissions (Defra UK's Carbon Footprint 2016: 353mt CO2 eq) pro-rated based on Local Authority population size and assumed equal per capita consumption of imported goods and services across all Local Authorities.

CO2 emissions in total

766,811 tonnes

People in the local area

208,871

CO2 per person per year

3.7 tonnes

Additional local carbon emissions

1,094,654 tonnes

Source: BEIS Local Authority territorial CO2 emissions within the scope of influence of Local Authorities (2020).

Local carbon emissions by sector

In getting to net zero as quickly as possible, we need to look at how we do things differently in every sector.

(000t)

2018
2019
2020

High-impact, low-carbon initiatives

Total published on Carbon Copy across the UK: 1044 See all Initiatives

There are some amazing collaborations between local councils, communities and companies. Some examples in/around North Tyneside:

NEE OneVoice

Working collaboratively to ensure we deliver on decarbonising the region’s­ built environment.

County Durham
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Built Environment
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy

JMF Group

Producing an annual greenhouse gas saving of 7.2 tCO2e.

North Tyneside
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy

Stay Coastal 3NB

Saving more than £1,000 a year thanks to an energy saving grant scheme.

North Tyneside
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy

Energi Coast Skills Group

Building a skilled workforce for the offshore wind industry in North East England.

County Durham
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Energy

Durham Chargepoint Delivery

Making public EV chargepoints more accessible in order to promote electric vehicles.

County Durham
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Transport

Durham's Plastics Pledge

Eliminating all unnecessary single-use plastics.

County Durham
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Built Environment

Northumbria University Energy Futures Programme

Aiming for net-zero with the launch of forward-thinking Energy Futures to tackle climate change.

Gateshead
  • Air pollution
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Built Environment

Tees Flex - a demand response transport solution for Tees Valley

Making travel greener through a safe, reliable, on demand DRT bus sharing service for you!

Darlington
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Transport