WHAT ARE THE ACTION SCORECARDS
The Council Climate Action Scorecards are an assessment on all UK councils on the actions they've taken towards net zero, created in partnership with mySociety. 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 is marked against this criteria with a team of volunteers, then each council is given a right to reply before the scores undergo a final audit. The most recent Scorecards were created and published in 2023.
To see the Action Scorecards in full, please visit our sister site.
In 2021 we assessed all UK written council Climate Action Plans against 28 questions across nine sections, based on the expert-approved Climate Action Plan Checklist and following a detailed three stage marking process.
Our first report, written by Anthesis "Scorecards Successes: What factors enable climate action within UK local authorities?" analyses the 2023 Council Climate Action Scorecards to explore which council characteristics impact positively or negatively on a council's Scorecard result.
Check out other useful tools, such as mySociety's CAPE explorer, tracking the UK's journey towards carbon zero or our expert-approved Climate Action Plan Checklist and our map of Climate Emergency Declarations.
DATA PACKAGES
Here you can buy the data that has been used to create the 2025 Action Scorecards in spreadsheet format for those who want anaylse the results in other or more detailed ways.
See below for combined data packages for 2023 and 2025 Action Scorecards.
WE HAVE FOUR DATA PACKAGES FOR 2025
WE ALSO HAVE COMBINED DATA PACKAGES
Creating the Action Scorecards is a mammoth task, these data packages is one way to provide greater financial stability to Climate Emergency UK.
If cost is a barrier, or you want 2023 Action Scorecards data only, please get in touch.