Barnet's emissions and tracking progress
Join us on our journey to become one of London’s most sustainable boroughs.
We declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in May 2022. We set out ambitious targets for the council to be net zero carbon by 2030, and the borough to be net zero carbon by 2042.
Sustainability dashboard
Our internally produced dashboard has been developed to inform residents, communities and partners about the progress the council and borough are making towards achieving our net zero targets.
It will show the breakdown of the council’s carbon emissions for the last financial year, and borough wide emissions taken from the London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI).
It will be published here soon.
How we measure emissions
To help track progress against our net zero goals, we monitor our emissions annually.
Council operations
We established our carbon emissions baseline for Council Operations for the 2018-19 financial year, and to help track our progress against our net zero targets we update this every financial year.
More information on our 2023-24 Carbon Baseline methodology and findings for Council Operations can be found in this report – Barnet Council - Annual Carbon Baseline Report (PDF, 80Kb)
Borough emissions
The Greater London Authority (GLA) established a baseline in 2010 of greenhouse gas emissions released into the environment from activities in London for our borough area. It also measures emissions removed through Land Use, Land Change and Forestry sector activities.
This is produced annually using the London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI)
Climate Action Scorecards
Climate Emergency UK undertake an external independent review of our progress towards achieving our net zero commitments, including our carbon emissions and wider work the council is doing through our sustainability action plan.
This review is completed every two years for all eligible Local Authorities through the Council Climate Action Scorecards. Our score has increased in the 2023 round of the scorecards. Read more about the process, methodology and questions for 2025 - Methodology | Council Climate Scorecards