Nigel Farage has urged Reform UK-led councils to ditch climate emergency targets amid concerns they are "massive diversions of time".
The Clacton MP has said it is not up to councils to deal with "global issues" and it would not make a difference if the plans were scrapped.
After the House of Commons agreed on a motion tabled by then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn for Parliament to declare a climate emergency, local authorities pledged to decarbonise council facilities.
Between May 2019 and 2023, eight in 10 local authorities across Britain declared so-called climate emergencies.
Nigel Farage has urged Reform UK-led councils to ditch climate emergency targets
PAOut of the 10 councils Reform gained control at this year's local elections, the party inherited seven climate emergency policies.
Now, Farage has called on councils to scrap their net zero policies, after he said in May that staff working on climate change initiatives should be "seeking alternative careers".
Farage told The Telegraph: "They need to be scrapped. It’s not the job of county councils to deal with global issues, and it wouldn’t make any difference at all if they were scrapped.
"It costs money and they are a massive diversion of time. It’s virtue-signalling."
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Climate Emergency UK spokesman Isaac Beevor said some councils are "driving forward local climate action" yet others are falling short.
He said: "There are councils which continue to lag behind, taking the minimum action possible."
In May, Reform UK made the decision to scrap Durham County Council's climate change and equality portfolios after the Farage-led party took control of the local authority.
Any references to "climate change" and "equality and inclusion" were removed and replaced.
The "neighbourhoods and climate change" portfolio was changed to "neighbourhoods and environment", while "equality and inclusion" was changed to "stronger communities and belonging".
Reform UK scrapped Durham County Council's climate change and equality portfolios earlier this year
X/NIGEL FARAGEA recent poll has predicted Reform UK could take 223 seats from Labour at the next General Election.
According to new polling by More in Common, the party is projected to win 290 seats, more than twice as many as any other party.
Labour would fall to second on 126 seats, losing 285 seats it won at the last election, while the Tories would slump to third, holding only eight seats more than the Liberal Democrats.
Reform would hold 28 per cent of the vote, with most of the parties' gains coming from Labour seats.