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Cities 2019 Reporting Guidance

  • Cities Guidance 2019
  • Introduction
  • Governance & Data Management
  • Climate Hazards and Vulnerability
  • Adaptation
  • City-wide Emissions
  • Emissions Reduction
  • Opportunities
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CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System 2019


Introduction to CDP

CDP is a global environmental impact non-profit helping investors, companies and cities assess their environmental impact and take urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy.

High quality, relevant information is the fundamental basis for action and we help investors, companies and cities to measure, understand and address their environmental impact. The world’s economy looks to CDP as the gold standard of environmental reporting with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and city action. We aim to make environmental reporting mainstream and provide the detailed insights and analysis to drive the urgent action needed for a climate safe, water secure, deforestation free world.

Introduction to CDP’s cities program

CDP offers a voluntary climate change reporting platform for city governments. The program provides the world’s first global platform for municipal governments to disclose greenhouse gas emissions, climate change risks, and mitigation and adaptation strategies. CDP collects and delivers materially relevant data for cities, the private sector, and other stakeholders.

Global cities stepping up on climate action showcases the action cities around the world are taking to transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy.

Cities 2019 Questionnaire

We invite a reply to the following questions. In 2019, CDP has partnered with ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability to present one unified platform for city climate reporting, streamlining the process of reporting and ensuing simplicity and standardisation for reporting cities. Cities will only have to report once, on one platform, to the following questions.

ICLEI will continue to support and provide technical assistance to local governments, while CDP and ICLEI will both use the self-reported city data to provide robust analysis of the action being taken by cities across the world.

How to respond

Please respond to the information request using CDP’s Online Response System (ORS), accessed via CDP’s website or the activation link you will receive. This document shows all the possible questions that cities may encounter in the ORS. However, it should not be used instead of the ORS. If you are unable to respond online via the ORS please e-mail [email protected].

Please answer the questions comprehensively while also assessing the relevance of the information you provide. Where you do not have all of the information requested, please respond with what you have as this is more valuable than no response.

The deadline for response is 10th July 2019.

Help and resources

  • 2019 Online Reporting Guidance: This document provides a high-level overview of each questionnaire section as well as guidance on every question. It provides information on the intent of each question as well as examples of good responses for selected questions
  • In-ORS Guidance: Within the ORS, there will be three levels of help and guidance
      1. Brief help text is provided below every question. This text will give you guidance on the intent of the question.
      2. Clicking on the help icon above each question will show a pop-up window with information on how to respond to the question.
      3. More detailed guidance can be found by clicking the expandable link below the question. This link will display the full reporting guidance including detailed information on how to respond, examples, links to documentation and scoring associated with the question.
  • Contact us: All cities can write to [email protected] for questions which are not answered in the guidance, for help accessing the ORS, or for general inquiries.
  • C40 cities can contact their regional director or [email protected] for help in compiling their response.
  • ICLEI cities can contact their regional director or [email protected] for help in compiling their response.

GCoM Common Reporting Framework

The Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) has developed a new Common Reporting Framework in consultation with partners and cities and local governments around the world. This framework includes a set of global recommendations to ensure robust climate action planning, implementation and monitoring, and streamline measurement and reporting procedures. Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) questions used to report using the new framework are integrated in the Cities questionnaire.

The GCoM reporting framework uses precise language to indicate which provisions are requirements and which are optional. The term “shall” is used throughout the guidance to indicate what is required. The mandatory GCoM Common Reporting Framework requirements are detailed using this terminology throughout this guidance document, under the “GCoM Guidance” sections.

Recommendations that GCoM cities are strongly advised to follow are introduced by the term “should”, and optional provisions are introduced by the term “may”.

For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

WWF’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC)

Through this initiative, WWF will assess the gap between your city's current emissions and the safe range (limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees) and also advise on high impact reduction actions. For this analysis, the Global Covenant of Mayors reporting requirements will be used, which are integrated throughout the questionnaire. For more information, please contact WWF directly on [email protected].

Acknowledgements

CDP would like to thank the following people and organizations for their assistance in developing the CDP Cities 2019 questionnaire and guidance documents:

Amy Jewel, Chicago, Illinois

Barbara Buffaloe, Columbia Missouri

Catherine Heinzer, Basel

Felipe Cerbella Mandarino, Rio de Janeiro

Georgios Neofytou, City of Athens

Glenys Verhulst, District of Saanich

Jennifer Orr, City of Adelaide

Jenny Haining, Wollongong City

Juma Haule, Dar es Salaam

Laurel Creech, Nashville

Lauren Thead, Boynton Beach

Liam Henderson, Melbourne

Lizanda van Rensburg, Cape Town

Lloyd Lee, City of Vancouver

Lynn Coppedge, Lakewood, CO

Marta Papetti, Milano

Morten Højer, Copenhagen

Jens Sperling, Copenhagen

Muhammad Maswood Alam, Karachi

Nahuel Pugliese, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Neda Kostandinovic, Barcelona

Rebecca Harvey, Boynton Beach

Rich Freeh, Philadelphia

Ross MacWhinney, New York City


0. Introduction


Introduction


0.1 Please give a general description and introduction to your city including your city’s reporting boundary in the table below.

Question 0.1 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Administrative boundary Description of city

Select from:

  • Local government area within a city / metropolitan area
  • City / Municipality
  • Independent city
  • Special city
  • Federal district
  • Sovereign city-state
  • Metropolitan area
  • Province / County
  • Independent province
  • Intercommunality
  • Sub-municipal district
  • Other: please specify

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Guidance

Identify the administrative boundary of your city by selecting the most appropriate response from the following list of values:

  • Local government area within a city / metropolitan area – a sub-tier of local government responsible for local services not overseen by the executive governing body (e.g., the City of London local authority within the Greater London Authority).
  • City / Municipality – a city, town, village or borough, etc. with some degree of general purpose self-governance.
  • Independent city – a city or town that does not form part of another local government entity (e.g., cities within U.S. States that are independent from county-level government such as Baltimore, Maryland or Carson City, Nevada; the German Kreisfreie Stadt or Stadtkreis such as Leipzig and München).
  • Special city – cities or districts with special administrative status as compared to other similar urban areas (e.g., Seoul, South Korea; Kiev, Ukraine; Hong Kong Special administrative region).
  • Federal district – a type of administrative division of a federation under the direct control of a federal government (e.g., Brasilia, Brazil; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; México, Distrito Federal, Mexico).
  • Sovereign city-state – a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies (e.g., Singapore; Vatican City).
  • Metropolitan area – a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding areas (e.g., an urban area closely linked economically and socially, such as a commuting catchment area).
  • Province/County – a geographical region that forms a subnational or substate division of governance that may include a number of cities, town, villages, etc. (e.g., Northumberland, UK).
  • Independent province - an administrative division within a country or state, many have their own powers independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada
  • Intercommunality - a grouping of communes or municipalities that share some services.
  • Sub-municipal district - an area within a town, village or borough, etc. with some degree of general purpose self-governance.
  • Other area

You are also asked to give a description of your city. The information provided here will assist CDP in drawing upon distinctions, similarities, and comparative features between cities in terms of their community emissions as well as tools and successes in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Information that could be provided includes:

  • Location, boundaries, geographic characteristics, and natural features
  • Climatic characteristics
  • Demographic characteristics (size of residential and commuter population)
  • Features of the local and regional economy
  • Unique and attractive characteristics
  • Areas of global and/or economic competitiveness
  • Changes in urban form and urban growth over the short to medium term, and projected changes in the coming medium to long term
  • Institutional governance frameworks of the city, and relationship or jurisdictional matters to regional and national governments

0.2 If you have not previously submitted your Letter of Commitment to the Global Covenant of Mayors, either through the relevant regional covenant or through the Global Covenant secretariat, please attach the letter signed by an appropriately mandated official (e.g. Mayor, City Council) to this question. Please click here to download the template of the Letter of Commitment.

Response Options

Please attach the relevant document here.

Question 0.2 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

GCoM Common Reporting Framework

To join the Global Covenant of Mayors initiative, please visit the Global Covenant website and download the relevant Letter of Commitment template. Once the commitment letter is signed by an appropriately mandated official according to local government procedures, the city is asked to take action to transition to a low emission and climate resilient economy and regularly report on their progress.

Cities whose commitments have already been acknowledged by the Global Covenant do not need to reattach their letter. You can check the status of your commitment here.


City Details


0.3 Please provide information about your city’s Mayor or equivalent legal representative authority in the table below.

Question 0.3 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Leader title Leader name Current term end month Current term end year

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Select from:

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

Numerical field

Guidance

This is a table question which asks for details about your mayor and their time in office. The table provided has the following field headers:

Leader title
State the official title of your mayor.

Leader name
State the full name of your mayor.

Current term end month
Select the month in which your Mayor's current term will end. The Mayor’s end of term is defined by the year when elections to select (or continue the current Mayor’s term) a new mayor are scheduled to occur.

Current term end year
State the year in which your Mayor‘s current term will end. The Mayor’s end of term is defined by the year when elections to select (or continue the current Mayor’s term) a new mayor are scheduled to occur.


0.4 Please select the currency used for all financial information disclosed throughout your response.

Response Options

Select from Appendix A.

Question 0.4 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

Guidance

Select from the currencies provided, the full list can be seen in Appendix A of the questionnaire.

The currency selected here will be used for all financial information throughout your response and auto-populated within question tables, such as GDP, operating budget and costs of planned resilience projects in your city.

This should be your preferred currency to report financial information, rather than necessarily the currency of your jurisdiction, as for some cities this may not be appropriate for estimating some project costs.

This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



0.5 Please provide details of your city’s current population. Report the population in the year of your reported inventory, if possible.

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Current population Current population year Projected populationProjected population year

Numerical field

Numerical field

Numerical field

Numerical field

Question 0.5 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

GCoM Common Reporting Framework

Local governments are recommended to report the population in the year of their reported inventory in order to enable meaningful comparisons over time and between local governments.

Guidance

This question asks about your city’s current population size and how it is forecast to change in the future. Report the population in the year of your reported inventory, if possible.

Current population
Give the current population, the number of residents within your city boundaries [as reported in question 0.1] as a whole number.

Current population year
State the year for which the population figure was determined in numerical form.

Projected population
State the projected population of your city as a number.

Projected population year
State the year for which the projected population figure is estimated to be reached, in numerical form.

This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



0.6 Please provide further details about the geography of your city.

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Land area of the city boundary as defined in question 0.1 (in square km)

Numerical field

Question 0.6 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

Guidance

Land area
State the land area within your city boundaries as a one decimal figure in km2. Please provide the land area that is reflective of your emissions inventory boundary and the year of your reported emissions inventory.

This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



1. Governance & Data Management


Governance


1.0 Does your city incorporate sustainability goals and targets (e.g. GHG reductions) into the master planning for the city?

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

  • Yes
  • In progress
  • Intending to incorporate in the next 2 years
  • Not intending to incorporate
  • Do not know

Guidance

A master plan describes and maps an overall development concept, including present and future land use, urban design and landscaping, built form, infrastructure, circulation and service provision. It is based upon an understanding of place and it is intended to provide a structured approach to creating a clear and consistent framework for development (definition taken from the Scottish government).


If Yes to 1.0:

1.0a Please detail which goals and targets are incorporated in your city’s master plan and describe how these goals are addressed in the table below.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Goal type How are these goals/targets addressed in the city master plan?

Select from:

  • Emissions reduction targets
  • Adaptation targets
  • Renewable energy targets
  • Energy efficiency targets
  • Water security targets
  • Waste management targets
  • Other: please specify

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Guidance

The purpose of this question is to understand which sustainability goals or targets your city is implementing in their master plan and is thus impacting on city-wide development planning, further asking for detail of how each target is being addressed.

Goal type
Identify the type of goals and targets that are incorporated in your city’s master plan. The available responses in the drop down menu include:

  • Emissions reduction targets;
  • Adaptation targets;
  • Renewable energy targets;
  • Energy efficiency targets;
  • Water security targets;
  • Waste management targets;
  • Other – a sustainability goal or target in another strategic area such as health or community.

How are these goals/targets addressed in the city master plan?
Provide further clarification about the answer you have provided in the previous question. Briefly describe how each goal or target is incorporated in your city’s master plan. You can also provide more information about the regional context, relationships with surrounding jurisdictions or the next level of government.


1.1 Has the Mayor or city council committed to climate adaptation and/or mitigation across the geographical area of the city?

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

  • Yes
  • In progress
  • Intending to undertake in future
  • Not intending to undertake
  • Do not know

Guidance

Please respond to indicate whether your city’s Mayor or leadership has made a public commitment to adapt the city to climate change. The available responses in the drop down menu include:

  • “Yes” – if a public commitment has already been made
  • “In progress” – if a commitment is being developed. For example, if there is currently a resolution before your local council to make a commitment, but it has not yet been approved
  • “Intending to undertake in future” – if your mayor or local government is planning to commit to adapting to climate change in your city
  • “Not intending to undertake” – if your mayor or local government is not planning to commit to adapting to climate change in your city
  • “Do not know”

If Yes to 1.1:

1.1a Please select any commitments to climate adaptation and/or mitigation your city has signed and attach evidence.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Name of commitment and attach documentType of commitment Comments

Select from:

  • Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
  • Durban Adaptation Charter
  • Mexico City Pact
  • UNISDR, Making Cities Resilient Campaign
  • 100 Resilient Cities
  • Resilient Communities for America
  • STAR Communities
  • LEED for Cities
  • Mayors National Climate Action Agenda
  • Chicago Climate Charter
  • Klimakommune (Climate Municipality)
  • 100% Renewable Energy Cities & Regions Network
  • Building Efficiency Accelerator
  • District Energy in Cities Initiative
  • One Planet City Challenge
  • EcoMobility Alliance
  • ICLEI’s Green Climate Cities Program
  • Deadline 2020 - Delivering the 1.5 degree ambition of the Paris Agreement in a resilient, inclusive way
  • Individual City Commitment
  • Other: please specify
Select from:
  • Adaptation
  • Mitigation
  • Both
  • Other

Text field

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Guidance

This question allows you to provide more detailed information about the type of adaptation and/or mitigation commitments your mayor or local government has made. Please select from the list of frameworks to identify the name and type of the commitment, attach any relevant documents and provide more details on the specific commitments in the comments field.

Name of commitment and attach document
Select a commitment from the list of values, and attach the document demonstrating your city's commitment, signed by the Mayor, or other senior stakeholder within the city government.

  • Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy;
  • Compact of Mayors;
  • Durban Adaptation Charter;
  • Mayors Adapt (EU);
  • Mexico City Pact;
  • UNISDR, Making Cities Resilient Campaign;
  • Individual City Commitment;
  • 100 Resilient Cities;
  • Resilient Communities for America;
  • STAR Communities;
  • LEED for Cities;
  • Mayors National Climate Action Agenda;
  • Chicago Climate Charter;
  • Klimakommune (Climate Municipality);
  • 100% Renewable Energy Cities & Regions Network;
  • Building Efficiency Accelerator;
  • District Energy in Cities Initiative;
  • One Planet City Challenge;
  • EcoMobility Alliance;
  • ICLEI’s Green Climate Cities Program;
  • Deadline 2020 - Delivering the 1.5 degree ambition of the Paris Agreement in a resilient, inclusive way;
  • Individual City Commitment;
  • Other

Click on ‘Choose file’, navigate to the file you want to upload and click ‘Open’. Once you can see the file name in the text field click ‘Attach’ to attach the document.

Type of commitment
If your city's commitment relates to adaptation measures (reducing the vulnerability to climate risk), select "Adaptation". If your city's commitment relates to mitigation or emissions reduction measures (reducing the impact your city has on the environment e.g. emissions or energy reduction), select "Mitigation". If the commitment relates to both adaptation and mitigation, select "Both".

Comments
Please add further comments on your commitment.


If Not intending to undertake to 1.1:

1.1b Please explain why your Mayor or city council does not have any commitments to climate adaptation and/or mitigation.

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Reason Explanation
Select from:
  • Lack of political will
  • Commitments are under consideration
  • Lack of funding / resources
  • Lack of expertise / knowledge
  • Actions prioritised over commitment
  • Other: please specify
Text field

Guidance

Reason

Select from the following options in the drop-down menu the most appropriate reason for why your Mayor does not have or does not intend to have a commitment to tackle climate adaptation or mitigation:

  • Lack of political will;
  • Commitments are under consideration;
  • Lack of funding / resources;
  • Lack of expertise / knowledge;
  • Actions prioritised over commitment;
  • Other

Comment

If more than one reason exists, select the most pressing immediate barrier, and use the comment field to explain other confounding barriers


1.2 Please attach the letter from your city’s Mayor requesting the relevant local government department to participate in the Green Climate Cities (GCC) program.

Response Options

Please attach the relevant document here.


1.3 Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. It is important to specify the program coordinator, action plan developer, GHG inventory accountant, verifier and action plan implementer.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Name of the department Number of employees in the department Role in the GCC program Attach awareness raising and capacity building plan for the municipal staff Attach organigram or other relevant reference document
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1.4 Please list the key development challenges, barriers and opportunities within the GCC Program.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Type Please describe the selected development, challenge, barrier or opportunity Attach SWOT analysis or
SOAR analysis result
Select from:
  • Development challenge
  • Barrier
  • Opportunity
Text field Text field and attachment function

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1.5 Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group

Response Options

Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

Name of the stakeholder group Role in the GCC program Name of the engagement activities Aim of the engagement activities Please attach stakeholder engagement and communication plan Attach reference document such as meeting minutes, pictures or webpage
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1.6 Does the Mayor have a statutory duty (legal responsibility) to reduce greenhouse gases?

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

  • Yes, driven by the regional level
  • Yes, driven by the national level
  • Yes, driven by the city
  • No
  • Do not know


1.7 How many staff (FTE) work on topics related to climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Mitigation Adaptation

Numerical field

Numerical field

Guidance

Indicate the number of resources within your city government allocated to climate change mitigation (either reducing the sources of greenhouse gases or enhancing "sinks" to accumulate and store gasses) and climate change adaptation (adjusting to actual or expected future climate).


Data Management


1.8 Please describe your city’s climate data management plan including data collection, storing, quality assurance/checking (QA/QC) and updating of the plan, and attach reference document.

Response Options

This is an open text question with an attachment function.

Please note that when copying from another document into the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.


1.9 How many staff (FTE) does your city have for environmental related data management? (including collecting, storing, analyzing and communicating).

Response Options

Numerical field.

Guidance

Indicate how many staff members (or full time equivalent) are employed to manage and curate the data generated within your team for specific projects or ongoing programmes.


1.11 How would you characterize the data management of your city and department?

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

City Department

Select from:

  • Initial. Our city does not have a stable, consistent environment for information management
  • Recognised. Our city has recognised that we are not managing our sustainability data and are in the process of planning and establishing a system
  • Repeatable. Our city has undocumented policies and procedures in place to repeat some information processes
  • Defined. Our city has documented policies and procedures for the management of information across the organisation
  • Managed. Our city has established organisational wide metrics for each department and results are measured
  • Optimised. Our city is focussed on continuous process improvement through the use of data

Select from:

  • Initial. Our department does not have a stable, consistent environment for information management
  • Recognised. Our department has recognised that we are not managing our sustainability data and are in the process of planning and establishing a system
  • Repeatable. Our department has undocumented policies and procedures in place to repeat some information processes
  • Defined. Our department has documented policies and procedures for the management of information across the organisation
  • Managed. Our department has established organisational wide metrics for each department and results are measured
  • Optimised. Our department is focussed on continuous process improvement through the use of data

Guidance

Indicate the level in which your department manages, governs, uses and controls data and information as an asset.


1.12 What tools does your city / department use to manage its environmental related data?

Response Options

Select all that apply:

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Enterprise (packaged) software
  • Custom designed software
  • Other

Guidance

This question asks about what software your city / department uses to manage environmental related data. Data management refers to the collection, processing, analysis, storage and communication of data.


1.13 What tools does your city / department use to analyse its environmental related data?

Response Options

Select all that apply:

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Statistical Software - SPSS, SAS, etc.
  • Visualization/Analysis Software - Tableau, Qlik, etc
  • Other
  • We do not analyse our environmental data

Guidance

This question aims to understand the software tools used by your city / department to analyse environmental related data. Data analysis refers to the research, organisation and manipulation of data in a way that brings about useful information.


1.14 Does your city have a team dedicated to data analysis (e.g., data analytics staff, performance management staff, evaluation staff, chief data officer, etc.)?

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

  • The city does not have a team dedicated to data analysis
  • The city has a team dedicated to data analysis that supports some departments, but our engagement with them is limited
  • The city has a team dedicated to data analysis city-wide

1.15 Has your city's Mayor or equivalent legal authority communicated their commitment to governing with data publicly to city residents (e.g., through public remarks, press releases, etc.)?

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

  • Yes
  • No
  • Do not know

2. Climate Hazards and Vulnerability

Section Overview

This section asks how climate change is affecting your city now and may affect it in the future. Further information regarding climate change adaptation analysis is available from the following sources:

  • UKCIP Adaptation Wizard by UKCIP
  • Handbook on Methods for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies by UNEP
  • City Climate Hazard Taxonomy by C40 and ARUP

Questions 2.0-2.2 ask about your city’s risk or vulnerability assessment processes. A climate change risk and vulnerability assessment is used to determine the nature and extent of risks posed by climate change. This is done by analyzing potential future climate hazards and evaluating existing vulnerabilities to understand the seriousness of the potential impacts on people, assets, services, livelihoods and the environment.

When identifying impacts from climate change, cities should think objectively of the ways in which changes in the climate conditions will affect their city’s ability to conduct business as usual. Information about impacts associated with climate change can be found on the website of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in the report by Working Group II, " Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability "

Climate risk assessment considers the likely frequency of a climate hazard and magnitude of their impacts in a given place or population, based on the exposure of assets to the effects of a hazard, and the vulnerability of the population to loss or damage (IPCC, AR5 WGII SPM, 2014; UNISDR, 2012).

Information about the Climate Hazards faced by cities and driving their exposure to climate and social risks is sought in questions 2.1. Climate hazards are defined as dangerous climate-related physical events that may cause loss of life, injury, or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems, and environmental resources.

Adaptation is covered in Questions 3.0 to 3.2. These questions examine the actions your city takes to adapt to the risks of climate change.


Risk and Vulnerability Assessment


2.0 Has a climate change risk or vulnerability assessment been undertaken for the city area?

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

  • Yes
  • In progress
  • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
  • Not intending to undertake
  • Do not know
  • Question 2.0 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    The local government shall prepare and submit a climate risk and vulnerability assessment within two years after committing to GCoM.

    Guidance

    Please respond to indicate whether your city has undertaken a climate change risk or vulnerability assessment by selecting the most relevant option from the drop down menu.

    The effects of climate change may pose a significant risk to your city’s future development. A climate change risk or vulnerability assessment is a qualitative or quantitative scientific estimation the risks from, hazards associated or vulnerability to climate change. These assessments are most usually done within the context of a decision-making or planning process to address climate change impacts.

    Before developing an adaptation plan, it is important to understand how climate change is likely to affect your city - this is usually done by conducting a climate change risk or vulnerability assessment.

    A vulnerability assessment is the analysis of the expected impacts, risks and the adaptive capacity of your city to the effects of climate change.

    A high-quality vulnerability assessment involves engagement with a broad range of stakeholders. It is important to recognize the diverse expertise that different stakeholders provide Broad engagement can result in identification of previously overlooked areas of vulnerability or in a more nuanced understanding of the root cause of vulnerabilities and hence better-targeted adaptation responses.

    More can be read about creating a climate risk or vulnerability assessment in both the:

    • CRAFT Climate Risk and Adaptation Framework and Taxonomy
    • Planning for climate change: Guide – UN-Habitat

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes or In progress to 2.0:

    2.0a Please select the primary process or methodology used to undertake the risk or vulnerability assessment of your city.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Primary methodology Description

    Select from:

    • IPCC climate change impact assessment guidance
    • OECD Strategic Environmental Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change
    • UNDP climate risk management methodologies
    • UK Climate Impacts Partnership Framework (UKCIP)
    • World Bank Urban Risk Assessment (URA)
    • Shaping climate resilient development: A framework for decision making (ECA)
    • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
    • US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
    • Australian/New Zealand Standard for Risk Management
    • State or region vulnerability and risk assessment methodology
    • Agency specific vulnerability and risk assessment methodology
    • Proprietary methodology
    • CRAFT Tool - City Climate Hazard Taxonomy
    • Building Adaptive and Resilient Cities (BARC) toolkit (regional - Canada)
    • ICLEI ACCCRN Process Toolkit (regional - Southeast Asia)
    • Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit (regional - Oceania)
    • Unknown
    • Other: please specify

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    Guidance

    Answering this question will provide important information for other cities which are assessing their risks from or vulnerability to climate change for the first time and may be interested in the methodology you used.

    In the first field, please select the methodology you used to assess the risk in your city. If you have used a different assessment methodology than the ones proposed in the list of values, please select ‘Other’ and indicate the name of the methodology you have used. Select ‘Unknown’ if you do not know on which methodology the assessment was based. If your city uses a combination of methodologies, please select the main methodology used.

    Primary methodology

    • IPCC climate change impact assessment guidance
    • OECD Strategic Environmental Assessment and Adaptation to Climate Change
    • UNDP climate risk management methodologies
    • UK Climate Impacts Partnership Framework (UKCIP)
    • World Bank Urban Risk Assessment (URA)
    • Shaping climate resilient development: A framework for decision making (ECA)
    • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
    • US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
    • Australian/New Zealand Standard for Risk Management
    • State or region vulnerability and risk assessment methodology
    • Agency specific vulnerability and risk assessment methodology
    • Proprietary Methodology
    • CRAFT Tool - City Climate Hazard Taxonomy;
    • Building Adaptive and Resilient Cities (BARC) toolkit (regional – Canada);
    • ICLEI ACCCRN Process Toolkit (regional - Southeast Asia);
    • Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit (regional - Oceania);
    • Unknown
    • Other

    Description
    Use the description field to provide more details on how the assessment was carried out. You can include details about whether the assessment covered city operations, private stakeholders, a full range of sectors etc. In particular, if you choose ‘Proprietary Methodology’ or ‘Other’ to describe your methodology, please provide details so that others may understand your approach.

    The following resources provide further information about physical risks and the methodology of risk assessment:

    • The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (Working Group II: Impacts, Adaption and Vulnerability)
    • ICLEI climate adaptation methodology (ADAPT) e.g. http://www.icleiusa.org/tools/adapt and http://archive.iclei.org/index.php?id=adaptation-toolkit0 .
    • A report of the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) Working Group: Shaping climate resilient development: A framework for decision making
    • An example of a regional (country-level) vulnerability assessment is the Swedish Commission on Climate and Vulnerability report titled Sweden facing climate change – threats and opportunities
    • An example of an agency specific vulnerability and risk assessment methodology is the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highways Administration Methodology.

    If Yes to 2.0:

    2.0b Please attach and provide details on your climate change risk and vulnerability assessment. Please provide details on the boundary of your assessment, and where this differs from your city’s boundary, please provide an explanation.

    Question 2.0b is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Publication title Year of adoption from local government Web link Boundary of assessment relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Explanation of boundary choice where the asssessment boundary differs from the the city boundary Areas/Sectors covered by the risk and vulnerability assessment Primary author of assessment Does the assessment identify vulnerable populations?

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    Select from:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – Covers part of the city and adjoining areas

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    Select from:
    • Energy
    • Water Supply and Sanitation
    • Transport
    • Food and agriculture
    • Waste Management
    • Information & Communications Technology
    • Environment, Biodiversity and Forestry
    • Industrial
    • Commercial
    • Residential
    • Education
    • Public Health
    • Community and Culture
    • Law & Order
    • Emergency Management
    • Land use planning
    • Tourism
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Dedicated city team
    • Relevant city department
    • Consultant
    • International organization
    • Community group
    • Regional / state / provincial government
    • National / central government
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No


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    Guidance

    Publication title and attach the document
    Please state the name of your climate change risk or vulnerability assessment. If a formal assessment of your city’s vulnerabilities to climate change has been done, please attach this document here. Click on ‘Choose file’, navigate to the file you want to upload and click ‘Open’. Once you can see the file name in the text field click ‘Attach’ to attach the document.

    Year of adoption from local government
    Please state the year that your climate change risk or vulnerability assessment was published.

    Web link
    If you would like to provide a web link to your city’s climate change risk or vulnerability assessment in addition to attaching the document, please add the link here.

    Boundary of assessment relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)
    Indicate the boundary of your city’s risk or vulnerability assessment relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values. CDP recommends cities to develop assessments that cover at least the entire city boundary:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    Explanation of boundary choice where the assessment boundary differs from the city boundary
    Please explain your choice in the previous field. For example, if your city’s risk assessment covers only part of the city, please use this field to describe which areas your assessment covers and the reason behind this. If your city’s risk assessment covers the entire city and nothing else, there is no need to provide an explanation here.

    Areas/sectors covered by the risk and vulnerability assessment

    Please select all the relevant sectors or areas that are covered in your city's risk and vulnerability assessment, especially the key areas covered.

    • Energy
    • Water Supply & Sanitation
    • Transport
    • Food and agriculture
    • Waste Management
    • Information & Communications Technology
    • Environment, Biodiversity and Forestry
    • Industrial
    • Commercial
    • Residential
    • Education
    • Public health
    • Community & Culture
    • Law & Order
    • Emergency Management
    • Land use planning
    • Tourism
    • Other

    Primary author of assessment
    Indicate who was predominately responsible for carrying out the risk or vulnerability assessment for your jurisdiction by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Dedicated city team
    • Relevant city department
    • Consultant
    • International organization
    • Community group
    • Regional / state / provincial government
    • National / central government
    • Other

    Does the assessment identify vulnerable populations?
    Vulnerable populations include individuals or groups of people who are less able than the general population to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impacts of disasters. Vulnerable populations may be described by race or ethnicity, culture, socio-economic status, geography, gender, disability, and age, or other characteristic, and may be disproportionally likely to be affected by climate hazards.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision level Information required To be included in the plan or assessment? Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    Mandatory The local government shall prepare and submit climate risk and vulnerability assessment within two years after committing to the GCoM. N/A Questions 2.0 and 2.0b
    Mandatory Names of the local government(s) included in the assessment Yes “Explanation of boundary choice where the inventory boundary differs from the city boundary” field
    Mandatory Boundary of assessment which shall be the same as or larger than the city boundary Yes “Boundary of assessment relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)” field in question 2.0b
    Mandatory Year of approval from local government Yes Year of publication or approval from local government” field in question 2.0
    Mandatory Lead author team Yes “Primary author of assessment” field in question 2.0b
    Mandatory Data sources Yes N/A – to be included in the assessment
    Mandatory Glossary of key terms and definitions (they shall be consistent with those used in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) or any update published following the AR5, as well as with national frameworks or requirements) Yes N/A – to be included in the assessment

    If Not intending to undertake is selected in 2.0:

    2.0c Please explain why your city does not have a climate risk and vulnerability assessment.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Comment
    Select one of the following options:
    • Lack of resources/funding
    • Lack of expertise
    • Lack of political will
    • Climate hazards not experienced in the city
    • Other
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    Guidance

    Reason

    Select from the following options in the drop-down menu the most appropriate reason for why city does not have a climate risk and vulnerability assessment:Lack of resources/funding;
    • Lack of expertise;
    • Lack of political will;
    • Climate hazards not experienced in the city;
    • Other

    Comment

    If more than one reason exists, select the most pressing immediate barrier, and use the comment field to explain other confounding barriers



    Climate Hazards


    2.1 Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.

    Question 2.1 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Climate Hazards Did this hazard significantly impact your city before 2019? Current probability of hazard Current consequence of hazard Social impact of hazard overall Future change in frequency
    Select from
    Appendix G
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium High
    • Medium
    • Medium Low
    • Low
    • Do not know
    • Does not currently impact the city


    Select from:
    • High
    • Medium High
    • Medium
    • Medium Low
    • Low
    • Do not know
    • Does not currently impact the city
    Select from:
    • Fluctuating socio-economic conditions
    • Increased incidence and prevalence of disease and illness
    • Increased demand for public services
    • Increased demand for healthcare services
    • Increased risk to already vulnerable populations
    • Increased conflict and/or crime
    • Increased resource demand
    • Loss of traditional jobs
    • Migration from rural areas to cities
    • Population displacement
    • Loss of tax base to support public services
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Increasing
    • Decreasing
    • None
    • Do not know
    • Not expected to happen in the future

    Future change in intensity

    When do you first expect to experience those changes?

    Most relevant assets/ services affected overall

    Please identify which vulnerable populations are affected

    Magnitude of expected future impact

    Please describe the impacts experienced so far, and how you expect the hazard to impact in the future

    Select from:

    • Increasing
    • Decreasing
    • None
    • Do not know
    • Not expected to happen in the future

    Select from:

    • Immediately
    • Short-term (by 2025)
    • Medium-term (2026-2050)
    • Long-term (after 2050)
    Select from:
    • Energy
    • Water supply & sanitation
    • Transport
    • Food & agriculture
    • Waste management
    • Information & communications technology
    • Environment, biodiversity, forestry
    • Industrial
    • Commercial
    • Residential
    • Education
    • Tourism
    • Public health
    • Society / community & culture
    • Law & order
    • Emergency services
    • Land use planning
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Women & girls
    • Children & youth
    • Elderly
    • Indigenous population
    • Marginalized groups
    • Persons with disabilities
    • Persons with chronic diseases
    • Low-income households
    • Unemployed persons
    • Persons living in sub-standard housing
    • Other

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low
    • Do no know

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    Guidance

    This table question is to identify climate hazards that your city experiences. It asks for current hazards and the probability and anticipated consequence of their impact, as well as their future change in frequency and intensity, and top 3 affected assets/services. An example response has been provided the box below. Responses should be reported in the table provided using the drop down menus where appropriate, as detailed below:

    Climate hazards
    Indicate the climate hazards that your city experiences either currently or in the future. It is only necessary to select the most significant hazards that your city experiences; table rows can be added or deleted as needed. Please select the ‘most significant’ hazards as relevant to your city’s understanding of significance. To help navigate the list, you will find the climate hazards grouped into major climate hazard category areas.

    Climate hazards can be selected from the following list of values:

    • Extreme Precipitation > Rain storm
    • Extreme Precipitation > Monsoon
    • Extreme Precipitation > Heavy snow
    • Extreme Precipitation > Fog
    • Extreme Precipitation > Hail
    • Storm and wind > Severe wind
    • Storm and wind > Tornado
    • Storm and wind > Cyclone (Hurricane / Typhoon)
    • Storm and wind > Extra tropical storm
    • Storm and wind > Tropical storm
    • Storm and wind > Storm surge
    • Storm and wind > Lightning / thunderstorm
    • Extreme cold temperature > Extreme winter conditions
    • Extreme cold temperature > Cold wave
    • Extreme cold temperature > Extreme cold days
    • Extreme hot temperature > Heat wave
    • Extreme hot temperature > Heat wave
    • Water Scarcity > Drought
    • Wild fire > Forest fire
    • Wild fire > Land fire
    • Flood and sea level rise > Flash / surface flood
    • Flood and sea level rise > River flood
    • Flood and sea level rise > Coastal flood
    • Flood and sea level rise > Groundwater flood
    • Flood and sea level rise > Permanent inundation
    • Chemical change > Salt water intrusion
    • Chemical change > Ocean acidification
    • Chemical change > Atmospheric CO2 concentrations
    • Mass movement > Landslide
    • Mass movement > Avalanche
    • Mass movement > Rock fall
    • Mass movement > Subsidence
    • Biological hazards > Water-borne disease
    • Biological hazards > Vector-borne disease
    • Biological hazards > Air-borne disease
    • Biological hazards > Insect infestation

    Did this hazard significantly impact your city before 2019?
    Indicate using the drop-down menu whether the climate hazard selected had a significant impact on your city before 2019, to allow identification of hazards previously impacting the city.

    Current probability of hazard
    Indicate the likelihood of each climate hazard identified in the first field occurring within the next five years. If possible, this response should be based on the outcome of a risk or vulnerability assessment process. If your assessment process has not provided quantitative estimates of likelihood, please estimate using the qualitative descriptors provided below. Select the most appropriate response from the following list of values:

    • High – Extremely likely that the hazard will occur (e.g. greater than 1 in 2 change of occurrence over the next five years)
    • Medium high – Highly likely that the hazard will occur (e.g. between 1 in 2 and 1 in 20 chance of occurrence over the next five years)
    • Medium – Likely that the hazard will occur (e.g. between 1 in 20 and 1 in 200 chance of occurrence over the next five years)
    • Medium low – Somewhat likely that the hazard will occur (e.g. between 1 in 200 and 1 in 2,000 chance of occurrence over the next five years)
    • Low – Not likely that the hazard will occur (e.g. between 1 in 2,000 and 1 in 20,000 chance of occurrence over the next five years)
    • Do not know

    Current consequence of hazard
    Indicate the consequence of possible impacts of each climate hazard identified in the first field on your jurisdiction within the next five years. If possible, this response should be based on the outcome of a risk or vulnerability assessment process. If your assessment process has not provided quantitative estimates of level of impact, please estimate using the qualitative descriptors provided below. Select the most appropriate response from the following list of values:

    • High – The hazard represents the highest level of potential concern for your jurisdiction. You anticipate that should it occur, the hazard would result in extremely serious impacts to your city and catastrophic interruption to day-to-day life.
    • Medium high – The hazard represents a high level of potential concern for your jurisdiction. You anticipate that should it occur, the hazard would result in serious impacts to your jurisdiction and interruption to day-to-day life.
    • Medium - The hazard represents a medium level of potential concern for your jurisdiction. You anticipate that should it occur, the hazard would result in impacts to your jurisdiction, but that these would be moderately significant to day-to-day life.
    • Medium low – The hazard represents a lower level of potential concern for your jurisdiction. You anticipate that should it occur, the hazard would result in impacts to your jurisdiction, but that these would be less significant to day-to-day life.
    • Low - The hazard represents the lowest level of potential concern for your jurisdiction. You anticipate that should it occur, the hazard would result in impacts to your jurisdiction, but that these would be insignificant in day-to-day life.
    • Do not know

    Social impact of hazard overall
    Please select all social risks that are expected to occur within your city as a result of the specified climate hazard:

    • Fluctuating socio-economic conditions
    • Increased incidence and prevalence of disease
    • Increased demand for public services
    • Increased demand for healthcare services
    • Increased risk to already vulnerable populations
    • Increased conflict and/or crime
    • Increased resource demand
    • Loss of traditional jobs
    • Migration from rural areas to cities
    • Population displacement
    • Loss of tax base to support public services
    • Other

    Future change in frequency
    Indicate the expected change in frequency of climate change hazards in your jurisdiction based on the following list of values:

    • Increasing – climate change will cause the hazard to occur more frequently in the future
    • Decreasing – climate change will cause the hazard to occur less frequently in the future
    • None – climate change will have no effect on the frequency of hazards
    • Do not know

    Future change in intensity
    Indicate the expected change in intensity of climate change hazards in your jurisdiction based on the following list of values:

    • Increasing – future hazards will be more intense as a result of climate change
    • Decreasing – future hazards will be less intense as a result of climate change
    • None – climate change will have no effect on the intensity of hazards
    • Do not know

    When do you first expect to experience those changes?
    Indicate the timescale at which changes to the frequency and intensity of climate change hazards are expected to occur based on the following list of values:

    • Immediately - if your city is already currently experiencing the changes to the frequency and intensity of the specified climate hazards
    • Short-term – if you anticipate your jurisdiction will experience the changes to the frequency and intensity of the specified climate hazards by 2025.
    • Medium-term – if you anticipate your jurisdiction will experience the changes to the frequency and intensity of the specified climate hazards between 2026 and 2050
    • Long-term – if you anticipate your jurisdiction will experience the changes to the frequency and intensity of the specified climate hazards after 2051.

    Most relevant asset or services affected overall
    Indicate the critical assets or services in your jurisdiction that will be MOST AFFECTED by the corresponding climate hazard overall in the first field based on the following list of values: [NB: Stakeholders have varied needs and priorities in relation to the risks of climate impacts. This question aims to capture an overview of your city’s overall assessment of the most critical city assets or services impacted by each climate hazard.

    • Energy
    • Water supply & sanitation
    • Transport
    • Food & agriculture
    • Waste management
    • Information & communications technology
    • Environment, biodiversity, forestry
    • Industrial
    • Commercial
    • Residential
    • Education
    • Tourism
    • Public health
    • Society / community & culture
    • Law & order
    • Emergency services
    • Land use planning
    • Other

    Please identify which vulnerable populations are affected

    Please select all vulnerable population groups that are expected to be affected by the climate hazard overall. Select all that apply from the list:

    • Women & girls
    • Children & youth
    • Elderly
    • Indigenous population
    • Marginalized groups
    • Persons with disabilities
    • Persons with chronic diseases
    • Low-income households
    • Unemployed persons
    • Persons living in sub-standard housing
    • Other

    Magnitude of impact

    Indicate the magnitude to which each climate hazard identified in the first column is expected to affect your city overall by selecting one of the following values:

    • Extremely serious –you expect that the hazard may significantly affect the operation of a majority of critical assets and services across the city, and may result in the death or injury of a significant number of people and/or extreme economic disruption.
    • Serious –you expect that the hazard may significantly affect the operation of some critical assets and services, or moderately affect a majority of critical assets and services, and may result in the death or injury of a number of people and/or major economic disruption
    • Less serious –you expect that the hazard may moderately affect the operation of some critical assets and services, is unlikely to result in injury or death, but may cause moderate to insignificant economic disruption.

    Please describe the impacts experienced so far, and how you expect the hazard to impact in the future

    Provide a general description of how each of the climate hazards identified in the first field has affected the city so far, and how these effects will change in future, including any specific areas within the city where impacts will be felt most and including any interdependencies between various assets and services and any vulnerable populations that may be particularly affected.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    The local government shall identify the most significant climate hazards faced by the community. For each identified climate hazard, the local government shall report the following information in question table 2.1:

    • Current probability and consequence level of the hazard
    • Expected intensity, frequency, and timescale of the hazard
    • All relevant assets or services that are expected to be most impacted by the hazard in the future, and the magnitude of the impact for each of them
    • Description of expected future impacts

    Past Hazards

    Major hazards that occurred in past years can be identified by answering “Yes” to the field asking whether this hazard significantly impacted your city before 2019. If major hazards did occur in past years, the local government shall also report the following information:

    • Vulnerable population groups most affected by the hazard (if available) in the “Please identify which vulnerable populations are affected” field
    • Scale of the hazard, including loss of human lives, economic losses (direct and indirect, if possible), environmental and other impacts in the “describe the impacts experienced” field

    Example response

    Please see below for an example.

    Climate hazards Did this hazard significantly impact your city before 2019? Probability of hazard Consequence of hazard Social impact of hazard overall Future change in frequency Future change in intensity When do you first expect to experience those changes?

    Extratropical storm

    No

    Medium

    Medium High

    Increased risk to already vulnerable populations

    Increasing

    Increasing

    Immediately

    Drought

    No

    Medium

    Medium

    Migration from rural areas to cities

    Increasing

    Do not know

    Long-term (after 2050)

    River flood

    Yes

    High

    High

    Fluctuating socio-economic conditions

    Increased incidence and prevalence of disease

    Do not know

    Increasing

    Immediately

    Most relevant assets/ services affectedPlease identify which vulnerable populations are affectedMagnitude of expected future impactPlease describe the impacts experienced so far, and how you expect the hazard to impact in the future
    • Transport
    • Information & Communications Technology

    Women & girls

    Children & youth

    Elderly

    Indigenous population

    High

    With rising global temperatures, the city expects to experience tropical storms in the medium term which will become frequent and affect the local economy, as transport and connectivity will be impacted.

    • Food and agriculture
    • Residential
    • Water Supply & Sanitation

    Elderly

    Indigenous population

    Medium

    With rising global temperatures, the city expects to experience drought in the long-term future and is beginning to understand its impacts and create an adaptation plan.

    • Emergency Management
    • Transport
    • Public health

    Elderly

    Low-income households

    Medium

    The city experiences worsening river flood on a semi-regular basis, no assessment has taken place on change over the future. Previous incidences of flood have impacted emergency management, transport and public health.


    2.2 Please identify the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.

    Question 2.2 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    The local government shall identify factors that will most greatly affect its own and the city’s adaptive capacity and enhance climate resilience. For each factor, the local government shall report the following information in question table 2.2:

    • Description of the factor as it relates to (supporting or challenging) the adaptive capacity in the “Support/Challenge” field
    • Degree to which the factor challenges (as opposed to supports) the adaptive capacity and obstructs enhanced climate resilience in the description field

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Factors that affect ability to adapt Support / Challenge Please describe the factor and the degree to which it supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city

    Select from:

    • Access to basic services
    • Access to healthcare
    • Access to education
    • Cost of living
    • Housing
    • Poverty
    • Inequality
    • Unemployment
    • Underemployment
    • Public health
    • Political stability
    • Political engagement / transparency
    • Government capacity
    • Budgetary capacity
    • Migration
    • Safety and security
    • Economic health
    • Economic diversity
    • Rapid urbanization
    • Resource availability
    • Environmental conditions
    • Infrastructure conditions / maintenance
    • Infrastructure capacity
    • Land use planning
    • Community engagement
    • Access to quality / relevant data
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Challenge
    • Support
    • Do not know

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    Guidance

    This table question is to identify factors in your jurisdiction that either support or challenge its capacity to adapt to the impacts of future climate hazards. Responses should be reported in the table provided using the drop down menus where appropriate. Please refer to the example table below for more detail.

    Factors that affect adaptive capacity
    Indicate the major factors that either support or challenge your jurisdiction’s adaptive capacity. Please provide one response per table row, or select the ‘other’ value to add a new factor not listed.

    Note that you can select the same factor more than once if that factor both support and challenges your jurisdiction’s adaptive capacity. For example, a jurisdiction experiencing rapid urbanization may benefit from increased economic growth and human capital; however, this trend may also experience significant pressure on infrastructure services that may increase the risk of day-to-day service interruptions, thus weakening the city’s resilience to shock events.

    Factors can be selected from the following list of values:

    • Access to basic services;
    • Access to healthcare;
    • Access to education;
    • Cost of living;
    • Housing;
    • Poverty;
    • Inequality;
    • Unemployment;
    • Public health;
    • Political stability;
    • Political engagement / transparency;
    • Government capacity;
    • Budgetary capacity;
    • Migration; Safety and security;
    • Economic health;
    • Economic diversity;
    • Rapid urbanization;
    • Resource availability;
    • Environmental conditions;
    • Infrastructure conditions / maintenance;
    • Infrastructure capacity;
    • Land use planning;
    • Community engagement;
    • Access to quality / relevant data;
    • Other

    Support / challenge
    Indicate whether each of the factors identified in the first field supports or challenges your jurisdiction’s adaptive capacity. Factors that support your adaptive capacity will be those that make adaptation easier, those that challenge will make it more difficult to adapt effectively. For an example response, please refer to the example below.

    Please describe the factor and the degree to which it supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city
    Provide a brief description of how each factor identified in the first field is supporting or challenging your jurisdiction’s adaptive capacity.

    Example Response

    Factors that affect ability to adapt Support/ Challenge Description

    Access to quality / relevant data

    Support

    Our city has not had the resources or expertise to develop a thorough adaptation plan, and does not have reliable data in regard to adaptation measures

    Political stability

    Enhance

    Our governance structure is stable and results in good working relationship between the national and city governments in relation to climate change in both resourcing and knowledge sharing

    Rapid urbanization

    Support

    Our city is experiencing rapid urbanization, meaning that comprehensive adaptation planning across all divisions of the city is challenging due to it’s rapidly changing nature


    3. Adaptation


    Adaptation Actions


    3.0 Please describe the main actions you are taking to reduce the risk to, or vulnerability of, your city’s infrastructure, services, citizens, and businesses from climate change as identified in the Climate Hazards section.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Question 3.0 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Climate hazards Action Action title Status of action Co-benefit area Action description and implementation progress

    Drop-down populated with selections from 2.1 column 1

    Select from Appendix B

    Text field

    Select from:

    • Scoping
    • Pre-feasibility study
    • Pre-implementation
    • Implementation
    • Implementation complete but not in operation
    • Operation
    • Monitoring and reporting
    Select from Appendix H

    Text field


    Finance status Total cost of the project Total cost provided by the local government Primary source fund Web link
    Select from:
    • Pre-feasibility study status
    • Feasibility undertaken
    • Feasibility finalised, and finance partially secured
    • Finance secured
    Numerical field Numerical field Select from:
    • Local
    • (Sub)national
    • International (ODA)
    • Climate finance (carbon credits)
    • Public-private partnership
    • Other
    Text field

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    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision level Information required To be included in the plan or assessment? Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    Mandatory Brief description of the adaptation action Yes “Status of action” and “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    Recommended Implementation status Yes “Status of action” and “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    Recommended Cost of the action Yes “Total cost of project” fields
    Recommended Timeframe of the action Yes “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    Recommended Financial strategy for implementing the action Yes “Primary fund source” and “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    Recommended Implementing agencies Yes “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    Recommended Stakeholders involved in planning and implementation Yes “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    Mandatory Monitoring report No - to be reported directly through the questionnaire every two years after submitting the action plan(s).

    The monitoring reports shall provide information about the implementation status of each action contained in the action plan, helping to monitor progress made.
    Update all fields in question 3.0

    Guidance


    Climate hazards
    This list will be automatically filled with the values you reported in the first field of question 2.1. Please ensure you make a selection in this field, from the list shown which is populated with selections you made in the "Climate hazards" field of question 2.1. Only leave this field blank if your city is taking broad adaptation measures which do not relate to a specific climate hazard.

    Action
    This field asks to detail the actions you are taking to adapt to climate change. The list of actions that you can select from is located in Appendix B in the questionnaire.

    Action title

    Use this text box to provide the name (if applicable) of the adaptation action or project your city is undertaking.

    Status of action
    Select the most appropriate option from the drop-down menu to describe the current stage of implementation of the project or action.

    Co-benefit area

    Actions taken to adapt to climate change can also provide additional areas of benefit for the city. Please select which areas other than reducing vulnerability are also improved as a result of the action.

    Action description and implementation progress
    In this field, please give any further relevant comments about the action. Description of actions should include details about: project scope, timescale, current status of implementation, barriers to implementation, collaborators and projected impact on climate hazard.

    Finance status

    Please select the relevant financial status of the adaptation action from the list provided.

    Total cost of the project

    Please provide the total expected cost of the project, in numbers with no delimiters. For example $600,000 should be written as 600000. Please ensure you are reporting using the currency selected in 0.4.

    Total cost provided by the local government

    Please provide the total cost provided by the local government, if any, in numbers with no delimiters. For example $600,000 should be written as 600000. Please ensure you are reporting using the currency selected in 0.4.

    Primary fund source

    Please select the relevant fund source providing the majority of funding for the project.

    Web link

    Use this field to provide a link to the project website, where applicable, to provide more information on the initiative.

    Example response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is given below.

    Climate hazard Action Action title Status of action Co-benefit area Action description and implementation progress

    Rain storm

    Flood defenses – development and operation & storage

    South City Flood Defense System Review

    Implementation

    • Enhanced resilience
    • Disaster preparedness
    • Ecosystem preservation and biodiversity improvement

    We are rolling out a number of sea walls and barriers around the port to prevent the low-lying areas in the south coast of the city from flooding. The project is being implemented with construction work beginning in early 2017, expecting to be completed by the end of 2021

    Heat wave

    Shading in public spaces, markets

    N/A

    Operation

    • Improved public health

    Restaurants are able to expedite the licensing process for outdoor seating if they plant trees to provide shade in the public spaces around the location.

    Finance statusTotal cost of projectTotal cost provided by the local government Primary fund sourceWeb link
    Finance secured150000000 [Numerical field]International (ODA)www.southcityfloodplan.com/areas
    Finance secured40000[Numerical field]Public-private partnership

    Adaptation Planning


    3.1 Does your city council have a published plan that addresses climate change adaptation?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Question 3.1 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Local governments shall develop plans for both climate change mitigation and adaptation (climate resilience), which may be presented in separate plans or an integrated plan. Local governments shall submit their climate action plans to GCoM within three years upon joining GCoM.

    Please note that local governments may develop joint action plans with their neighbouring communities.

    Guidance

    Please respond to indicate whether your city has produced an adaptation plan, or incorporated adaptation within the context of another long-term plan or strategy by selecting “Yes”, “In progress”, “Intending to undertake in future”, “Not intending to undertake” or “Don’t know” from the drop down menu.

    A climate adaptation plan outlines the planned alterations to the city’s systems in response to actual or anticipated climate change. It should cover the services and departments directly managed by the city government and may also consider the actions required by other stakeholders*. The aim of an adaptation plan is to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities from expected climate change and its effects.

    *Based on the glossary document of the IPCC

    Example Response

    If you wish to see an example of a climate adaptation plan, please refer to Copenhagen’s which can be found here.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes or In progress to 3.1:

    3.1a Please provide more information on your plan that addresses climate change adaptation and attach the document. Please provide details on the boundary of your plan, and where this differs from your city’s boundary, please provide an explanation.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Question 3.1a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Publication title Areas covered by adaptation plan Year of adoption from local government Boundary of plan relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas / other cities excluded or included? Stage of implementation

    Text field and attachment function

    Select from Appendix E

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – Covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    Text field

    Select from:

    • Plan in development
    • Plan developed but not implemented
    • Plan in implementation
    • Implementation complete
    • Measurement in progress
    • Plan update in progress
    • Other
    Type of planHas your local government addressed the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits, if any, of the main mitigation and adaptation actions you identified?Comment or describe the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of this interaction Primary author of planDescription of the stakeholder engagement processWeb link
    Select from:
    • Standalone
    • Integrated mitigation / adaptation
    • Addressed in general city plan
    • Addressed in city sector plan
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • In Progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Don't know
    Text field

    Select from:

    • Dedicated city team
    • Relevant city department;
    • Consultant
    • International organization
    • Community group
    • Regional / state / provincial government
    • National / central government
    • Other

    Text field

    Text field


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    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision level Information required To be included in the plan or assessment? Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    Mandatory Local governments shall develop plans for both climate change mitigation and adaptation (climate resilience), which may be presented in separate plans or an integrated plan. Local governments shall submit their climate action plans to GCoM within three years upon joining GCoM. N/A Questions 3.1 and 3.1a
    Optional Local governments may develop joint action plans with their neighbouring communities. Yes Detail the neighbouring communities included in the plan in the “If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included” field in question 3.1a
    Mandatory Priority sectors (identified from risk and vulnerability assessments) Yes “Areas covered by adaptation plan” field in table question 3.1a
    Mandatory Date of adoption of the plan Yes “Year of adoption” field in table question 3.1a
    Mandatory Name of the local government(s) which formally adopted the plan Yes “If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included” field in table question 3.1a
    Mandatory Synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of mitigation and adaptation actions Yes “Comment or describe the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of this interaction” field in table question 3.1a
    Mandatory Lead author team Yes “Primary author of plan” field in table question 3.1a
    Mandatory Description of the stakeholder engagement processes Yes “Description of the stakeholder engagement processes” field in table question 3.1a
    Mandatory Adaptation and/or climate resilience goals (which shall be aligned with the risks identified in the risk and vulnerability assessment Yes Question 3.2
    Mandatory Descriptions of the adaptation and/or climate resilience goals, delivery date, and baseline year Yes Question 3.2
    Mandatory Descriptions for each adaptation action Yes Question 3.0
    Recommended Metric (or key performance index) for tracking progress and monitoring Yes Question 3.2
    Recommended Prioritization of adaptation actions Yes N/A – to be included in the plan
    Recommended Policy instruments to implement the adaptation actions Yes N/A – to be included in the plan
    Mandatory Monitoring report No – to be reported directly through the questionnaire every two years after submitting the action plan(s).

    The monitoring reports shall provide information about the implementation status of each action contained in the action plan, helping to monitor progress made
    Update all fields in question 3.0
    Mandatory The local government shall update and resubmit the action plan(s) when there are significant changes to the existing plan(s). N.A Update all fields in question 3.1a

    Guidance

    If you have a climate adaptation plan, please provide additional details about it in this question. Some cities are still working on their climate adaptation plan, attaching it here will enable them to understand your approach better. Please fill in the table with the following information:

    Publication title and attach the document
    State the official name of your plan that addresses climate change adaptation. Click on ‘Choose file’, navigate to the file you want to upload and click ‘Open’. Once you can see the file name in the text field click ‘Attach & Save’ to attach the document.

    Areas covered by adaptation plan

    Select all the relevant main areas that are covered within the adaptation plan from the list.

    Year of adoption from local government
    Enter the year the plan was published and adopted by the city as a numeric value.

    Boundary of assessment relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your city’s adaptation plan relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included
    Please explain your choice in the previous field. For example, if your city’s risk assessment covers only part of the city, please use this field to describe which areas your plan covers and the reason behind this.

    Stage of implementation
    Indicate the extent to which your city has implemented its adaptation plan by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Plan in development – your jurisdiction has identified a vision and goals; and begun to organize resources to develop a plan;
    • Plan developed but not implemented – plan to implement actions has been developed and implementation tools have been identified;
    • Plan in implementation –if your jurisdiction has begun to implement actions from the climate action plan (execution);
    • Implementation complete – if the actions identified in the plan have been fully implemented;
    • Measurement in progress – if the project is complete and results are being measured;
    • Plan update in progress – if your jurisdiction has begun to update the action plan based on the progress and success of actions that have been executed;
    • Other.

    Type of plan
    Indicate whether the adaptation plan is a standalone document or integrated into other city plans by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Standalone; Integrated mitigation/adaptation;
    • Addressed in general city plan;
    • Addressed in city sector plan;
    • Other

    Has your local government assessed the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits, if any, of the main mitigation and adaptation actions you identified?

    Please select from the options to indicate whether your city has assessed the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits, of the main mitigation and adaptation actions identified in the plan. Click here to read more about how to identify potential interactions between climate adaptation and mitigation measures.

    Comment or describe the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of this interaction

    Describe the interactions between adaptation and mitigation measures, and how these were assessed.

    Primary author of plan
    Indicate the primary author responsible for the primary planning document to address climate adaptation in your jurisdiction by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Dedicated city team
    • Relevant city department
    • Consultant
    • International organization
    • Community group
    • Regional / state / provincial government
    • National / central government
    • Other

    Description of the stakeholder engagement processes

    Please describe the stakeholder engagement processes conducted during the development of the adaptation plan, including stakeholders involved, how the relevant stakeholders were engaged and the results of the engagement.

    Web link

    If you would like to provide a web link to your city’s climate change risk or vulnerability assessment, in addition to attaching the document, please add the link here.


    If Not intending to 3.1:

    3.1b Please explain why not and any future arrangements you have to create a plan.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Comment

    Select from:

    • Adaptation is not within city control
    • Adaptation is covered under main city strategy
    • Lack of resources/funding
    • Lack of expertise
    • Lack of political will
    • Adaptation is covered in the city plans
    • Adaptation is not currently a priority for my city
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    Select from the following options in the drop-down menu the most appropriate reason for why you do not have or do not intend to have a climate adaptation plan:

    • Adaptation is not within city control;
    • Adaptation is covered under main city strategy;
    • Lack of resources/funding;
    • Lack of expertise;
    • Lack of political will;
    • Adaptation is covered in the city plans;
    • Adaptation is not currently a priority for my city;
    • Other

    In the comment field please provide more information or context on the reason selected. Such a description should include information about the practical barriers that impact each reason.

    For information see the 'Urban Adaptation Support Tool', which has been developed for European cities to support their adaptation efforts.


    Adaptation Goals


    3.2 Please describe the main goals of your city’s adaptation efforts and the metrics/KPIs for each goal.

    Question 3.2 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Adaptation goal Target year Metrics / Indicators Percentage of target achieved so far Does this target align with a requirement from a higher level of government?

    Text field

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Numerical field Select from:
    • Yes
    • Yes, but it exceeds its scale or requirements
    • No
    • Do no know
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    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision level Information required To be included in the plan or assessment? Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    Mandatory Adaptation and/or climate resilience goals (including sectoral targets if available), which shall be aligned with the risks identified in the risk and vulnerability assessment Yes “Adaptation goal” field
    Mandatory Descriptions of the adaptation and/or climate resilience goals and baseline year Yes “Adaptation goal” field
    Mandatory Delivery date of the adaptation and/or climate resilience goals Yes “Target year” field
    Recommended Metric (or key performance index) for tracking progress and monitoring Yes “Metrics/indicators” field

    Guidance

    This question is part of the CRAFT Climate Risk and Adaptation Framework and Taxonomy, answers can be copied across from the corresponding question in the spreadsheet that you reported last year.

    This table question is to identify the overarching goals for your jurisdiction’s adaptation efforts, and to understand if and how your jurisdiction plans to monitor and evaluate progress towards these goals.

    Adaptation goals
    Briefly state (10 to 20 words) your jurisdiction’s main goals for climate adaptation. If possible, these goals should be time bounded, and able to be monitored and evaluated based on specific metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs). Please add or delete table rows as needed for your entries.

    Target year
    Please enter in numerical form the year by which you anticipate achieving your goal. Please note that the target year cannot be in the past.

    Metrics / indicators
    If applicable, briefly state (5 to 10 words) the metrics or indicators that are being used to monitor and evaluate progress towards the goals identified in the first field.

    Percentage of target achieved so far

    Please enter a numerical value for the percentage of your emissions reduction target that you have achieved since the ‘Target year start’, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%). If you have a fixed level target, you can calculate the % of target achieved so far if you have base and current emissions figures.State the target’s percentage completion (in terms of emissions) against the base year emissions. For example, if your target is to reduce your emissions by 10% by 2020 compared with a 2010 base year, and in your reporting year your emissions had reduced by 3% compared to that target base year, your target is 30% complete ((3/10) x 100). If you have met your target in the reporting year, indicate 100% complete.

    Does this target align with a requirement from a higher level of government?
    Indicate if the adaptation goal set by your jurisdiction relates to a higher level of government such as state, regional or national government


    4. City-wide Emissions

    The questions in this section refer to your city’s city-wide (sometimes referred to as “geographic” or “community”) emissions inventory. This inventory encompasses emissions which are within a particular city boundary, over which local governments can exercise a degree of influence through the policies and regulations they implement.

    Section Overview

    This module gives you the opportunity to disclose your community (or “city-wide”) emissions inventory as well as some other metrics that will provide a holistic picture of your emissions and activities.

    This section of the questionnaire is divided into 3 pages:

    • GHG Emissions Data (Questions 4.0-4.9): This page defines the 12 month period over which data is reported and the boundary of your community emissions inventory – this period and boundary should be consistent throughout the inventory. You must provide a 12 month period.
    • External Verification (Question 4.11): The page of the community emissions inventory collects information on verification of emissions data.
    • Historical emissions inventories (Question 4.12): This page requests any historical emissions inventories to be reported
    • Re-stating previous emissions inventories (Question 4.13): This final page is about any past city-wide emission inventories that might have been recalculated since the last submission.

    In general, emissions from local government operations represent only a small portion of overall emissions from the community over which the government has jurisdiction. Capturing community emissions – often referred to as the “geographic” or “city-wide” emissions inventory – creates a snapshot of all local activities and their contribution to global climate change. Collating community emissions can provide a basis from which cities can develop policy and enact regulation with the aim of reducing these emissions.

    Global momentum is growing around the protocol created by C40, WRI, ICLEI, and the World Bank, called the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories. A number of large cities have piloted the first version of this methodology in 2013, and the partnership published this full version in 2014. CDP Cities recommend this framework for emissions inventory and it is a requirement of Global Covenant of Mayors reporting compliance.

    Many other methodologies exist. It may be the case that individual cities are using methodologies designed for national or regional inventories, but ‘downscaling’ them for their jurisdictions. Thus, using the IPCC national inventory framework as the basic accounting architecture, but tailoring to local circumstances to manage data availability and reliability issues, is one approach. Other examples include the use of Greenhouse Gas Regional Inventory Protocol (GRIP), which, as the name implies, is designed for regional calculations. Some cities have adapted this framework for their boundaries (e.g. Sacramento, California). Even cities that use common approaches produce variations in what is included in their community emissions. The World Bank, UNEP and UN Habitat have also created an emissions inventory protocol for cities (International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities) (Note that this protocol will be replaced by the Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Inventories).

    Cities can report their emissions on CDP’s platform regardless of which protocol or methodology they have used to develop their inventory.


    City-wide GHG Emissions Data


    4.0 Does your city have a city-wide emissions inventory to report?


    By selecting Yes below, you are indicating that you have fuel and/or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from the entire city area over which the city government can exercise a degree of influence through the policies and regulations they implement (sometimes referred to as ‘geographic’ or ‘community’ emissions) to report at this time.

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake

    Question 4.0 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    Guidance

    City-wide (sometimes referred to as “community” or “geographic”): encompassing emissions which are within a particular geopolitical region, over which local governments can exercise a degree of influence through the policies and regulations they implement.

    For more information on the difference between Government and Community emissions inventories, please see the following documents:

    • Local Government Operations Protocol (LGOP) for the Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (Version 1.1) (a collaboration between The California Air Resources Board, The California Climate Action Registry, The Climate Registry, and ICLEI)
    • International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol (IEAP) developed by ICLEI
    • Appendix B in the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (WRI, C40 and ICLEI).

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes or In Progress to 4.0:

    4.1 Please state the dates of the accounting year or 12-month period for which you are reporting your latest city-wide GHG emissions inventory.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    From To

    Drop-down calendar

    Drop-down calendar

    Question 4.1 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Local governments shall submit their greenhouse gas emissions inventory to GCoM within two years upon joining GCoM. Greenhouse gas emissions inventories shall cover a consecutive period of 12 months.

    Guidance

    The ORS provides a drop-down calendar for you to enter the dates requested. Entries must be for a 12-month period. Please provide the start date of the period for which your emissions inventory represents in the first field, and the end date of the period for which it represents in the second. If you do not have data for the entire 12-month period, please extrapolate to 12 months.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes or In Progress to 4.0:

    4.2 Please indicate the category that best describes the boundary of your city-wide GHG emissions inventory.

    Question 4.2 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Boundary of inventory relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)
    Excluded sources/areas Explanation of boundary choice where the inventory boundary differs from the city boundary (include inventory boundary, GDP and population)
    Select from:
    • Same - covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller - covers only part of the city
    • Larger - covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial - Covers part of the city and adjoining areas
    Text field Text field

    Guidance

    Boundary of inventor relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your city-wide emissions inventory relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    Excluded sources/areas
    Please explain your choice in the previous field. For example, if your city-wide emissions inventory covers only part of the city or includes areas outside the city boundary, please use this field to describe which areas your plan covers and which are excluded.

    Explanation of boundary choice where the inventory boundary differs from the city boundary (include inventory boundary, GDP and population)
    Please explain the reason for the exclusions or inclusions identified in the previous column. For example if an area within the city boundary such as the port has been excluded, please explain why.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Local governments shall consider all categories of emission sources and report all emissions that are significant. Exclusion of emission sources shall be disclosed and justified.

    Please note that local governments may develop joint GHG inventories with their neighbouring communities. Please detail the neighbouring communities included in the inventory in the “Explanation of boundary choice where the inventory boundary differs from the city boundary” field.


    If Yes or In progress to 4.0:

    4.3 Please give the name of the primary protocol, standard, or methodology you have used to calculate your city’s city-wide GHG emissions.

    Question 4.3 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Primary protocol Comment

    Select from:

    • Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC)
    • International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities (UNEP and World Bank)
    • 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
    • U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ICLEI)
    • Regional or country specific methodology
    • City specific methodology
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    In the ORS, you will see a list of methodologies developed by third parties. Please select the primary methodology that you followed in measuring greenhouse gas emissions for your community. If you do not see your chosen methodology reflected in the list please select “Other” and describe your methodology.

    The values provided are:

    • Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC);
    • International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities (UNEP and World Bank);
    • 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories;
    • U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ICLEI);
    • Regional or country specific methodology;
    • City specific methodology;
    • Other.

    Please select “Other” if you use a proprietary methodology or a third party methodology that you do not see listed here. Enter the name of the methodology in the text box provided.

    In the “Comment” field please provide more detail on the methodology used on which you base the majority of your calculations or whether you utilized a combination of protocols.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Local governments may use existing GHG emissions inventory reporting protocols and tools available from GCoM partners or other bespoke tools, as long as all mandatory information outlined in the GCoM framework are provided. Cities will also be asked to report their summary emissions data in the format of the new Common Reporting Framework (CRF), to encourage standard reporting of emissions data.

    The city-wide GHG emissions inventory shall report emissions occurring from different sectors as well as distinguish between direct and indirect emissions. This is aligned with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, as well as some other commonly used GHG accounting and reporting frameworks.


    If Yes to 4.0 and GPC selected in 4.3:

    4.3a The Global Covenant of Mayors requires committed cities to report their inventories in the format of the new Common Reporting Framework (CRF), to encourage standard reporting of emissions data. If your city is reporting an updated inventory, we encourage reporting this in the CRF format, for which guidance can be found in the link below. Would you like to report your inventory in the CRF format or continue to report in the GPC format? Please ensure you respond to this question in order for the correct emissions breakdown questions to be displayed.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes - use the CRF format
    • No - continue to use the GPC format

    Question 4.3a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Local governments may use existing GHG emissions inventory reporting protocols and tools available from GCoM partners or other bespoke tools, as long as all mandatory information outlined in the GCoM framework are provided. Cities will also be asked to report their summary emissions data in the format of the new Common Reporting Framework (CRF), to encourage standard reporting of emissions data.

    The city-wide GHG emissions inventory shall report emissions occurring from different sectors as well as distinguish between direct and indirect emissions. This is aligned with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, as well as some other commonly used GHG accounting and reporting frameworks.


    If Yes or In progress to 4.0:

    4.4 Which gases are included in your city-wide emissions inventory?

    Response Options

    Select all that apply:

    • CO2
    • CH4
    • N2O
    • HFCs
    • PFCs
    • SF6
    • NF3

    Question 4.4 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    The inventory shall quantify emissions of the following gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). All GHG emissions data should be reported as metric tonnes of each gas, and/or metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e).

    Guidance

    The list consists of the main greenhouse gases defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), as well as nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes to 4.0:

    4.5 Please attach your city-wide inventory in Excel or other spreadsheet format and provide additional details on the inventory calculation methods in the table below.


    If you have an inventory in the format of the GPC, please attach it below. If you are using the ClearPath tool, please attach both extracts in the table below. If your inventory is not in the format of the GPC, you can also attach it below.

    Question 4.5 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Emissions inventory format Document title and attachment Emissions factors used Global Warming Potential (select relevant IPCC Assessment Report) Please select if these additional sectors are included in the inventory Population in inventory year Overall Level of confidence Comment on level of confidence

    Select from:

    • GPC format: City Inventory Reporting and Information System (CIRIS)
    • GPC Reporting tool
    • GPC format: ClearPath (ICLEI)
    • Custom or older GPC format
    • SCATTER
    • This inventory is in a format other than the GPC

    Text Field and attachment function

    Select from:
    • IPCC
    • LCA
    • Other
    Select from:
    • IPCC 2nd AR (1995)
    • IPCC 3rd AR (2001)
    • IPCC 4th AR (2007)
    • IPCC 5th AR (2013)
    • Industrial process and/or product use
    • Agriculture, forestry or other land use sectors

    Numerical field

    Select from:
    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Text field

    [Add Row]

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Emission sources

    Local governments shall report GHG emissions from at least three main sectors, namely stationary energy, transportation, and waste. Additionally, local governments shall report GHG emissions from energy generation activities, but to avoid double counting, these shall not form part of the GHG emissions inventory total. Local governments shall consider all categories of emission sources and report all emissions that are significant. Exclusion of emission sources shall be disclosed and justified.

    Notation Keys

    Notation keys may be used to accommodate limitations in data availability and differences in emission sources between local governments. Where notation keys are used, an accompanying explanation shall be provided.

    The following are the descriptions on how to use the notation keys:

    • “NO” (not occurring): An activity or process does not occur or exist within the city. This notation key may also be used for insignificant sources.
    • “IE” (included elsewhere): GHG emissions for this activity are estimated and presented in another category in the same inventory, stating where it is added. This notation key may be used where it is difficult to disaggregate data into multiple sub-sectors.
    • “NE” (not estimated): GHG emissions occur but have not been estimated or reported, with a justification why.
    • “C” (confidential): GHG emissions which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information, and as such are not reported publicly.

    Activity Data and Emission Factors

    All relevant activity data, emission factors, data sources, methodologies, assumptions, exclusions and deviations shall be documented and reported for all sources of emissions, disaggregated by activity/fuel type. Local governments shall account for emissions of the following gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) and report them in metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e), and by individual GHG where possible.

    Tools to compile your inventory

    Various tools have been produced to help cities develop a city-wide inventory in the format of a GPC, CDP recommends the CIRIS GPC reporting tool (City Inventory Reporting and Information System) which you can use to enter your breakdown of fuel use and emissions by subsector and scope according to the requirements of the GPC, or the ClearPath tool to report their GPC inventories

    Using ClearPath

    ClearPath is ICLEI’s online GHG inventory tool for local governments worldwide. Cities using the ClearPath tool can report their GPC inventories through the CDP platform by following the instructions below.

    In the ClearPath tool, please click on the ‘Reports’ tab to access your data summary reports and extract your inventory data in in .xls format. You will have the option of exporting your GPC inventory in various formats, identify the two formats detailed below and click on ‘export’ on the far right of the table to start the downloading process (see screenshot below).

    Reports to extract:

    • 'GPC overview’
    • Detailed report’

    These two reports contain the data points that will be checked against the Global Covenant of Mayors framework. Once extracted, please save the two reports onto your computer and attach them to the table.

    Inventory format

    Please note Macro-Enabled workbooks that use the “.xlsm” format (e.g. CIRIS, earlier versions of the GPC reporting tool) should be saved as Excel workbooks “.xlsx” in order to be attached to the questionnaire.

    Guidance

    If you have an inventory in the format of the GPC, please attach it below. You can download the GPC Reporting Tool (CIRIS) here. If you are using the ClearPath tool, please attach both extracts in the table below. If your inventory is not in the format of a GPC, you can also attach it below.

    Please note Macro-Enabled workbooks that use the “.xlsm” format (e.g. CIRIS, earlier versions of the GPC reporting tool) should be saved as Excel workbooks “.xlsx” in order to be attached to the questionnaire.

    Emissions inventory format
    Select the format of your inventory from the options provided in the drop down menu.

    Document title and attachment
    Provide the title of your emissions inventory. Use this field to attach your city’s inventory. You can do this by clicking “Chose file”, navigating to the inventory file and clicking “Attach”.

    Emissions factors used

    Please select which emissions factors are used in the city-wide emissions inventory. An emission factor is a representative value that attempts to relate the quantity of a pollutant released to the atmosphere with an activity associated with the release of that pollutant.

    Global Warming Potential (select relevant IPCC Assessment Report)

    Please select which IPCC Assessment Report Global Warming Potential values have been used in the city-wide emissions inventory. Global warming potential (GWP) is a measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere up to a specific time horizon, relative to carbon dioxide.

    Please select if these additional sectors are included in the inventory

    Please identify if any of the following optional additional sectors have been included in the calculation of your city-wide emissions inventory.

    Population in inventory year

    Please provide the population within the boundary of your city-wide emissions inventory during the inventory year.

    Overall level of confidence
    Please select the level of confidence associated with your total emissions figure.

    • High – select high if your inventory has a high level of accuracy
    • Medium – select medium if your inventory has a medium level of accuracy
    • Low – select low if your inventory has a low level of accuracy

    Comment on level of confidence
    Use this text box to comment on your selection in the Level of confidence drop down


    If Yes – use the CRF format is selected in 4.3a OR any selection other than Global Protocol for Community Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories is selected in 4.3:

    4.6a The Global Covenant of Mayors requires committed cities to report their inventories in the format of the new Common Reporting Framework, to encourage standard reporting of emissions data. Please provide a breakdown of your city-wide emissions by sector and sub-sector in the table below. Where emissions data is not available, please use the relevant notation keys to explain the reason why.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Sectors and sub-sectors Direct emissions / Scope 1 (metric tonnes CO2e) If you have no direct emissions to report, please select a notation key to explain why Indirect emissions from the use of grid-supplied electricity, heat, steam and/or cooling / Scope 2 (metric tonnes CO2e) If you have no indirect emissions to report, please select a notation key to explain why Emissions occurring outside the city boundary as a result of in-city activities / Scope 3 (metric tonnes CO2e) If you have no emissions occurring outside the city boundary to report as a result of in-city activities, please select a notation key to explain why Please explain any excluded sources, identify any emissions covered under an ETS and provide any other comments
    Stationary energy > Residential buildings Numerical field Select from:
    • Not Occuring
    • Integrated Elsewhere
    • Not Estimated
    • Confidential
    • Combination of notation keys
    • N/A
    Numerical field Select from:
    • Not Occuring
    • Integrated Elsewhere
    • Not Estimated
    • Confidential
    • Combination of notation keys
    • N/A
    Numerical field Select from:
    • Not Occuring
    • Integrated Elsewhere
    • Not Estimated
    • Confidential
    • Combination of notation keys
    • N/A
    Text field
    Stationary energy > Commercial buildings & facilities Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Stationary energy > Institutional buildings and facilities Same as aboveSame as aboveSame as aboveSame as aboveSame as aboveSame as aboveSame as above
    Stationary energy > Industrial buildings & facilities Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Stationary energy > Agriculture Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Stationary energy > Fugitive emissions Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector Not applicable for this sub-sector Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Total Stationary Energy Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Transportation > On-road Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Transportation > Rail Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Transportation > Waterborne navigation Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Transportation > Aviation Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Transportation > Off-road Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Total Transport Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Waste > Solid waste disposal Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Waste > Biological treatment Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Waste > Incineration and open burning Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Waste > Wastewater Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Total Waste Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    IPPU > Industrial process Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    IPPU > Product use Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Total IPPU Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    AFOLU > Livestock Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above
    Same as above
    AFOLU > Land use Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    AFOLU > Other AFOLU Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector Not applicable for this sub-sector Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Total AFOLU Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Generation of grid-supplied energy > Electricity-only generation Same as above Same as above
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Generation of grid-supplied energy > CHP generation Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Generation of grid-supplied energy > Heat/cold generation Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Generation of grid-supplied energy > Local renewable generation Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above Same as above Same as above
    Total Generation of grid-supplied energy Same as above Same as above Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Not applicable for this sub-sector
    Same as above
    Total Emissions (excluding generation of grid-supplied energy) Same as above Same as above Numerical field Select from:
    • Not Occuring
    • Integrated Elsewhere
    • Not Estimated
    • Confidential
    • Combination of notation keys
    • N/A
    Numerical field Select from:
    • Not Occuring
    • Integrated Elsewhere
    • Not Estimated
    • Confidential
    • Combination of notation keys
    • N/A
    Same as above

    Question 4.6a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Cities will also be asked to report their summary emissions data in the format of the new Common Reporting Framework (CRF), to encourage standard reporting of emissions data.

    Emission sources

    Local governments shall report GHG emissions from at least three main sectors, namely stationary energy, transportation, and waste. Additionally, local governments shall report GHG emissions from energy generation activities, but to avoid double counting, these shall not form part of the GHG emissions inventory total. Local governments shall consider all categories of emission sources and report all emissions that are significant. Exclusion of emission sources shall be disclosed and justified.

    Notation Keys

    Notation keys may be used to accommodate limitations in data availability and differences in emission sources between local governments. Where notation keys are used, an accompanying explanation shall be provided.

    The following are the descriptions on how to use the notation keys:

    • “NO” (not occurring): An activity or process does not occur or exist within the city. This notation key may also be used for insignificant sources.
    • "E” (included elsewhere): GHG emissions for this activity are estimated and presented in another category in the same inventory, stating where it is added. This notation key may be used where it is difficult to disaggregate data into multiple sub-sectors.
    • “NE” (not estimated): GHG emissions occur but have not been estimated or reported, with a justification why.
    • "C” (confidential): GHG emissions which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information, and as such are not reported publicly.

    If Global Protocol for Community Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories is selected in 4.3 and No – continue reporting using the GPC format to 4.3a:

    4.6b Please provide a summary of emissions by sector and scope as defined in the Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC) in the table below.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Question 4.6b is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Sector and scope (GPC reference number) Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)Where data is not available, please explain why

    Stationary Energy: energy use – Scope 1 (I.X.1)

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Stationary Energy: energy use – Scope 2 (I.X.2)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Stationary Energy: energy use – Scope 3 (I.X.3)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Stationary Energy: energy generation supplied to the grid – Scope 1 (I.4.4)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Transportation – Scope 1 (II.X.1)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Transportation – Scope 2 (II.X.2)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Transportation – Scope 3 (II.X.3)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Waste: waste generated within the city boundary – Scope 1 (III.X.1)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Waste: waste generated within the city boundary – Scope 3 (III.X.2)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Waste: waste generated outside the city boundary – Scope 1 (III.X.3)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Industrial Processes and Product Use – Scope 1 (IV)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use – Scope 1 (V)

    Numerical field

    Text field



    TOTAL Scope 1 (Territorial) emissions

    Numerical field

    Text field



    TOTAL Scope 2 emissions

    Numerical field

    Text field



    TOTAL Scope 3 emissions

    Numerical field

    Text field



    TOTAL BASIC emissions

    Numerical field

    Text field



    TOTAL BASIC+ emissions

    Numerical field

    Text field



    Guidance

    The GPC standard classifies GHG emissions into “scopes,” depending on where they physically occur, and into six main sectors, which are then broken down by sub-sectors. If you have chosen to report using the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC), (WRI, C40 and ICLEI), please use the embedded table to disaggregate and report your emissions by sector and by scope, as according to table 4.2 of the GPC:

    Sector and Scope (GPC reference number)
    Please fill in every row of the table with the relevant emissions. Remember to only report data for the 12 month time-period selected in Q 4.1.

    • Stationary Energy: energy use – Scope 1 (I.X.1);
    • Stationary Energy: energy use – Scope 2 (I.X.2);
    • Stationary Energy: energy use – Scope 3 (I.X.3);
    • Stationary Energy: energy generation supplied to the grid – Scope 1 (I.4.4);
    • Transportation – Scope 1 (II.X.1);
    • Transportation – Scope 2 (II.X.2);
    • Transportation – Scope 3 (II.X.3);
    • Waste: waste generated within the city boundary – Scope 1 (III.X.1);
    • Waste: waste generated within the city boundary – Scope 3 (III.X.2);
    • Waste: waste generated outside the city boundary – Scope 1 (III.X.3);
    • Industrial Processes and Product Use – Scope 1 (IV);
    • Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use – Scope 1 (V);
    • TOTAL Scope 1 (Territorial emissions);
    • TOTAL Scope 2 emissions;
    • TOTAL Scope 3 emissions;
    • TOTAL BASIC emissions;
    • TOTAL BASIC and BASIC+ emissions.

    - ‘BASIC’ emissions includes scope 1 and scope 2 emissions from stationary energy and transportation, as well as scope 1 and scope 3 emissions from waste.
    - ‘BASIC+’ additionally includes emissions from IPPU and AFOLU and transboundary transportation (scope 3 'energy use' and 'transportation').

    Emissions (Metric Tonnes CO2e)
    Enter the corresponding quantity of emissions in metric tonnes CO2e. If there are no emissions occuring within your city relating to a specific sector/scope, please indicate this with a 0.

    Where data is not available, please explain why

    Use this field to indicate why emissions data is not provided. This could be due to a lack of available information or due to the scope of the inventory.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Emission sources

    Local governments shall report GHG emissions from at least three main sectors, namely stationary energy, transportation, and waste. Additionally, local governments shall report GHG emissions from energy generation activities, but to avoid double counting, these shall not form part of the GHG emissions inventory total. Local governments shall consider all categories of emission sources and report all emissions that are significant. Exclusion of emission sources shall be disclosed and justified.

    Notation Keys

    Notation keys may be used to accommodate limitations in data availability and differences in emission sources between local governments. Where notation keys are used, an accompanying explanation shall be provided.

    The following are the descriptions on how to use the notation keys:

    • “NO” (not occurring): An activity or process does not occur or exist within the city. This notation key may also be used for insignificant sources.
    • "E” (included elsewhere): GHG emissions for this activity are estimated and presented in another category in the same inventory, stating where it is added. This notation key may be used where it is difficult to disaggregate data into multiple sub-sectors.
    • “NE” (not estimated): GHG emissions occur but have not been estimated or reported, with a justification why.
    • "C” (confidential): GHG emissions which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information, and as such are not reported publicly.

    If any methodology other than GPC is selected in 4.3 and if Yes selected in response to 4.0:

    4.6c Please provide a breakdown of your GHG emissions by scope. Where values are not available, please use the comment field to indicate the reason why.

    Please note this question is not relevant for the Global Covenant of Mayors and One Planet City Challenge. If you are participating in either of these initiatives, please respond to 4.6a or 4.6b.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Scope Metric tonnes CO2e Level of confidence

    Scope 1 emissions excluding emissions from grid-supplied energy generation

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Scope 1 emissions from grid-supplied energy generation within the city boundary

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Total Scope 1 emissions (Row 1 + Row 2)

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Total Scope 2 emissions

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Total (Scope 1 + Scope 2) emissions

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Total Scope 3 emissions

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • High
    • Medium
    • Low

    Guidance

    If you categorize your emissions by scope, please enter the appropriate figures for your Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Where values are not available, please use the comment field to indicate the reason why.

    For example, if your city has only calculated scope 1 emissions, provide this in rows 1, 2 and 3, and leave scope 2 and 3 emissions blank.

    Scope
    This table question breaks down emissions into scope 1, 2 and scope 3. Scope 1 emissions are further split into emissions excluding grid-supplied energy generation and emissions exclusively from grid-supplied energy generation within your city boundaries. For more information on 'scopes' consult the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC), (WRI, C40 and ICLEI).

    Metric tonnes CO2e
    Your answers will be numeric entries (metric tonnes of CO2e) in the second field. If you do not break down your scope 1 emissions in this way, then please still fill in your “total scope 1 emissions” in this row.

    Level of confidence
    Please select the level of confidence associated with your total emissions figure.

    • High – select high if your scope breakdown has a high level of accuracy
    • Medium – select medium if your scope breakdown has a medium level of accuracy
    • Low – select low if your scope breakdown has a low level of accuracy

    Comments
    If you do not have the full breakdown of your city’s emissions by scope, please use the comments field to indicate this, and any reasoning you may have.


    If 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories or International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities (UNEP and World Bank) is selected in 4.3 and if Yes selected in response to 4.0:

    4.6d Where it will facilitate a greater understanding of your city-wide emissions, please provide a breakdown of these emissions by IPCC sector in the table below.

    Please note this question is not relevant for the Global Covenant of Mayors and One Planet City Challenge. If you are participating in either of these initiatives, please respond to 4.6a or 4.6b.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    IPCC sector Sector Scope Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Select from:

    • Energy
    • Industrial processes and product use (IPPU)
    • Agriculture, Forestry and other land use (AFOLU)
    • Waste
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Stationary energy (buildings)
    • Residential buildings
    • Public buildings
    • Commercial buildings
    • Industrial buildings
    • Transportation
    • Road
    • Rail
    • Waste
    • Wastewater
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Scope 1
    • Scope 2
    • Total figure

    Numerical field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    The purpose of this question is to understand the brekadown of your city's emissions by sector, as defined by the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

    You are provided with a table in the ORS to structure your repsonse. Using the 'Add row' function in this table allows you to report your city's emisisons breakdown using multiple sectors and scopes.

    IPCC Sector: Please select the relevant sector as defined by the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories:

    • Energy
    • Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)
    • Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
    • Waste
    • Other

    Sector: Please indicate the relevant GHG emissions sub-sector from the drop down options

    Scope: Please indicate the scope considered for each sector

    Emissions: Emissions associated with that sector

    Example response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    IPCC Sector Sector Scope Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Energy

    Stationary energy (buildings)

    Scope 1

    475000

    Energy

    Public buildings

    Scope 2

    15000

    Energy

    Transport

    Scope 1

    35000

    Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)

    Waste

    Scope 1

    10000

    Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

    Transport

    Scope 1

    30000

    Waste

    Waste

    Scope 1

    50000


    If U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ICLEI) is selected in 4.3 and if Yes selected in response to 4.0:

    4.6e Where it will facilitate a greater understanding of your city-wide emissions, please provide a breakdown of these emissions by the US Community Protocol sources.

    Please note this question is not relevant for the Global Covenant of Mayors and One Planet City Challenge. If you are participating in either of these initiatives, please respond to 4.6a or 4.6b.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    US Community Protocol Sources Sector Scope Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Select from:

    • Built environment
    • Transportation and other mobile sources
    • Solid waste
    • Wastewater and water
    • Agricultural livestock
    • Upstream impacts of community‐wide activities

    Select from:

    • Stationary energy (buildings)
    • Residential buildings
    • Public buildings
    • Commercial buildings
    • Industrial buildings
    • Transportation
    • Road
    • Rail
    • Waste
    • Wastewater
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Scope 1
    • Scope 2
    • Total figure

    Numerical field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    The purpose of this question is to understand the breakdown of your city's emissions by source. You are provided with a table in the ORS to structure your response. Using the 'Add row' function in this table allows you to report your city's emissions breakdown using multiple sectors and scopes.

    U.S. Community Protocol Sources: Please select the relevant sector as defined by the U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ICLEI):

    • Built Environment
    • Transportation and Other Mobile Sources
    • Solid Waste
    • Wastewater and Water
    • Agricultural Livestock
    • Upstream Impacts of Community-Wide Activities

    Sector: Please indicate the relevant GHG emissions sub-sector from the drop down options

    Scope: Please indicate the scope considered for each sector

    Emissions: Emissions associated with that sector

    Example response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    US Community Protocol Sources Sector Scope Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Upstream impacts of community‐wide activities

    Stationary energy (buildings)

    Scope 1

    475000

    Upstream impacts of community‐wide activities

    Public buildings

    Scope 2

    15000

    Upstream impacts of community‐wide activities

    Transport

    Scope 1

    35000

    Built Environment

    Waste

    Scope 1

    10000

    Agricultural livestock

    Transport

    Scope 1

    30000

    Solid Waste

    Waste

    Scope 1

    50000


    If Regional or country specific methodology, City specific methodology or Other is selected in 4.3 and if Yes selected in response to 4.0:

    4.6f Where it will facilitate a greater understanding of your city-wide emissions, please provide a breakdown of these emissions by end user (buildings, water, waste, transport), economic sector (residential, commercial, industrial, institutional), or any other classification system used in your city.

    Please note this question is not relevant for the Global Covenant of Mayors and One Planet City Challenge. If you are participating in either of these initiatives, please respond to 4.6a or 4.6b.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Source Sector Scope Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Text field

    Select from:

    • Stationary energy (buildings)
    • Residential buildings
    • Public buildings
    • Commercial buildings
    • Industrial buildings
    • Transportation
    • Road
    • Rail
    • Waste
    • Wastewater
    • Other

    Select from:

    • Scope 1
    • Scope 2
    • Total figure

    Numerical field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    The purpose of this question is to learn more about how your city government breaks down emissions, which can be valuable information for comparative understanding between cities. Please note that this question is flexible to accommodate many of the different kinds of categories used by cities.

    You are provided with a table in the ORS to structure your response. Examples of how your city might characterize and differentiate emissions are listed below and also shown in an example table:

    Source: Please indicate the source of emissions, for example: buildings, transport, water utilities, wastewater utilities, etc. using the relevant classification system as instructed by your inventory methodology.

    Sector: Please indicate which the relevant GHG emissions sector from the drop down options

    Scope: please indicate the scope considered for each sector

    Emissions: emissions associated with that sector

    Example response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Source Sector Scope Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Buildings

    Buildings

    Scope 1

    475000

    Water

    Water

    Scope 1

    15000

    Waste

    Waste

    Scope 1

    10000

    Transport

    Transport

    Scope 1

    30000

    Other

    Other

    Scope 1

    5000


    If Yes to 4.0:

    4.7 If the submitted GHG inventory is baseline inventory for target setting, please provide the Baseline Synthesis Report and stakeholder consultation process and results to this inventory.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Year of inventory as baseline of the target Baseline synthesis report Data gap analysis report Stakeholder consultation reference document for this inventory, including consultation process and results
    Numerical field Text field and attachment function Text field and attachment function Text field and attachment function

    If Yes to 4.0

    4.8 Please indicate if your city-wide emissions have increased, decreased, or stayed the same since your last emissions inventory, and describe why.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Change in emissions Reason for change Please explain and quantify changes in emissions

    Select from:

    • Increased
    • Decreased
    • Stayed the same
    • This is our first year of calculation
    • Do not know

    If “Increased” or "Decreased" is selected:

    • Increased energy/electricity consumption
    • Population increase
    • Improved data accuracy
    • Emissions reduction actions not implemented
    • Change in weather conditions
    • Change in accounting methodology
    • Change in calculation following verification
    • Behavioural change
    • Technological change
    • Legislative change
    • Change in available data
    • Change in data collection methods
    • Policy change
    • Financial conditions
    • Other


    If “This is our first year of calculation” is selected:
    • Lack of resource / funding overcome
    • Lack of knowledge overcome
    • Other


    If “Stayed the same” is selected:
    • No new inventory to report
    • Emissions have not changed
    • Other


    If “Do not know” is selected:
    • Change in staff
    • Lack of documentation
    • Change in methodology
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    The purpose of this table question is to understand the change in your emissions over time and the factors which have led to that change. Changes in emissions could be due to emissions reduction actions, changes to your electricity mix, changes in methodology etc.

    In the ‘Change in emissions’ field, please select how your emissions have changed compared to the emissions you reported last time:

    • Increased;
    • Decreased;
    • Stayed the same;
    • This is our first year of calculation;
    • Do not know


    Reason for change
    Please select from the drop down menu to indicate some of the reasons you have identified that led to the change in emissions.

    For example, if you previously reported emissions from 2012 and you are now reporting emissions from 2014 please explain any material difference in the figures. For instance, your city may have changed the emissions accounting methodology which may have affected the figures.

    Please explain and quantify changes in emissions
    Please provide more information or context on the reasons for change that you have selected. Please include the percentage or absolute amount of emissions that have changed since your last inventory. If the change in emissions is due to several factors, please select the reason for the most significant change and use this column to explain any other factors.

    In cases where there is no change from data previously reported indicate that there is no change and why.

    Example response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Change in emissions Reason for change Please explain and quantify changes in emissions

    Decreased

    Technological change

    City-wide GHG emissions were 5% lower in 2015 compared to 2012, when we last reported our inventory. This is due to a successful home energy efficiency program and further de-carbonization of the national electricity grid


    If Yes to 4.0:

    4.9 Does your city have a consumption-based inventory to measure emissions from consumption of goods and services by your residents?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Response Provide an overview and attach your consumption-based inventory if relevant
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Text field and attachment function

    Guidance

    Consumption-based greenhouse gas accounting is an alternative to the sector and scope approach to measuring city-wide emissions. This focuses on the consumption of goods and services (such as food, clothing, electronic equipment, etc.) by residents of a city, and GHG emissions are reported by consumption category rather than GHG emission source category. Consumption-based GHG emissions of cities are often significantly larger than the those calculated under alternative methods that focus primarily on GHG emissions taking place within the city boundary. Select the relevant option to indicate whether your city has conducted a consumption-based emissions inventory.


    City-wide External Verification


    If Yes to 4.0:

    4.11 Has the city-wide GHG emissions data you are currently reporting been externally verified or audited in part or in whole?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    City governments (or any large organization) may see value in having external verification or auditing of their emissions and emission reduction efforts. This can ensure higher levels of quality control / quality assurance.

    Please answer by selecting “Yes”; “In progress”; “Intending to undertake in the next two years”; “Not intending to undertake”; or “Don’t know” from the drop down menu provided.

    For more information about external verification see chapter 12 of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC)


    If Yes to 4.11:

    4.11a Please provide the following information about the city-wide emissions verification.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Name of verifier and attach verification certificate Year of verification Please explain which parts of your inventory are verified

    Text field and attachment function

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Guidance

    This is a table question with fields to provide an opportunity to describe relevant information about this verification process with the following headings:

    Name of verifier and attach verification certificate
    List the names of organizations which have verified your greenhouse gas emissions and provide proof of verification in the form of an attachment. This function allows you to attach your verification certificate document. To attach a document click on ‘Choose file’, navigate to the file you want to upload and click ‘Open’. Once you can see the file name in the text field click ‘Attach & Save’ to attach the document.

    Year of verification
    State the year in which the verification occurred.

    Please explain which parts of your inventory are not verified

    If the inventory is only verified for certain sectors or scopes, please identify here which parts of the inventory are not covered by the verification. You can also use this field to provide additional details on your verification process, such as:

    • Percentage of emission inventory audited
    • Sections of emission inventory audited

    If Not intending to undertake or Intending to undertake in the next 2 years to 4.11:

    4.11b Please explain why your city-wide emissions inventory is not verified and describe any plans to verify your city-wide emissions in the future.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Comments

    Select from:

    • Verification under consideration
    • Lack of funding / resources
    • Lack of expertise / knowledge
    • Verification is not prioritised
    • Data is internally verified
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    Please give more details on whether and how you plan to verify your emissions related to your local government operations in the future by selecting an option from the drop down options in the “Reason” field; providing a comment on this selection in the “Comments” field.


    Historical emissions inventories


    4.12 Please provide details on any historical and base year city-wide emissions inventories your city has, in order to allow assessment of targets in the table below.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.


    Inventory date from Inventory date to Scopes/boundary covered Previous emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Is this inventory used as the base year inventory? Methodology File name and attach your inventory Comments
    Date field Date field Select from:
    • Total emissions
    • Scope 1 (direct)
    • Scope 2 (indirect)
    • Scope 3 (other indirect)
    • Other
    Numerical field Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    Select from:
    • Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC)
    • International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities (UNEP and World Bank)
    • 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
    • U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ICLEI)
    • Regional or country specific methodology
    • City specific methodology
    • Other

    Text field and attachment function Text field


    Guidance

    Please use the table to provide details on any historical emissions inventories your city may have, including a base year inventory where possible. The base year inventory should detail emissions by source within the city boundary to allow an understanding of the emissions in the base year, which are especially important in analyzing sector specific emissions reductions targets and how far the city has reached in achieving those targets.

    Please ensure each inventory covers an accounting period of 12-months, provide an indication of which scopes are covered by the inventory and which methodology was used to develop the inventory. Please ensure the inventory document is attached in Excel format.


    Re-stating previous emissions inventories


    If Yes to 4.0:

    4.13 Since your last submission, have you needed to recalculate any past city-wide GHG emission inventories previously reported to CDP?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    This question gives cities the opportunity to update previously submitted emissions figures.

    All emissions over time should be estimated consistently, which means that as far as possible, the time series should be calculated using the same methods, data sources and boundary definitions in all years. Using different methods, data or applying different boundaries in a time series may result in an unrepresentative change of figures, as a result of methodological refinements, rather than a real change in emissions or removals.

    Cities may undergo significant changes, which will alter a city’s historical emissions profile and make meaningful comparisons over time difficult. In order to maintain consistency over time, emissions for previous years should be retroactively recalculated to reflect changes in the city that would otherwise compromise the consistency and relevance of the reported GHG emissions information.


    If Yes to 4.13:

    4.13a Please provide your city’s recalculated total city-wide emissions figures for any previous inventories along with Scope 1, 2 and 3 breakdowns where applicable.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Inventory date from Inventory date to Scope Previous emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Updated emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Updated methodology File name and attach your new inventory Reasoning for recalculation

    Date field

    Date field

    Select from:

    • Total emissions
    • Scope 1
    • Scope 2
    • Scope 3
    • Other

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC)
    • International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities (UNEP and World Bank)
    • 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
    • U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ICLEI)
    • Regional or country specific methodology
    • City specific methodology
    • Other


    Text field and attachment function

    Text field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    Indicate the emissions 'scope' for which figures have been recalculated, as well as the inventory period, change in figures and methodology.

    Attach the updated inventory and explain the reasoning and impact behind the recalculation.

    For more details on recalculating emissions see chapter 11 of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC)

    Example response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Inventory date from Inventory date to Scope Previous emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Updated emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Updated methodology File name and attach your new inventory Reasoning for
    recalculation

    01.01.2015

    31.12.2015

    Scope 3

    8000

    9000

    Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC)

    Inv_update

    We have an updated methodology for
    calculating scope 3 transportation
    emissions, resulting in a material change in
    emissions figures.


    5. Emissions Reduction


    Mitigation Target setting


    5.0 Do you have a GHG emissions reduction target in place at the city-wide level?

    Question 5.0 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Select all that apply:

    • Base year emissions (absolute) target
    • Fixed level target
    • Base year intensity target
    • Baseline scenario (business as usual) target
    • No target

    Guidance

    A GHG emissions reduction target is a commitment to reduce, or limit the increase of, GHG emissions or emissions intensity by a specified quantity, to be achieved by a future date. To respond to this question, please tick the box(es) to indicate the type(s) of city-wide emissions reduction target(s) your city currently has in place. Please note this question applies to community (city-wide) emission reduction targets only.
    For more information on the definitions of each target type, please see the descriptions below, and refer to the Mitigation Goal Standard, developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI). If your city does not have an emissions reduction target for city-wide emissions, please only select “No target”.

    Base year emissions (absolute) target
    A base year emissions (absolute) target is a commitment to reduce or controls the increase of emissions by a specified quantity relative to a base year.

    For example, a 25% reduction of absolute emissions from 1990 levels by 2020.

    Fixed level target

    Fixed level goals represent a reduction in emissions to an absolute emissions level by a target year. For example “to achieve 200Mt CO2e by 2020”. Carbon neutrality goals are the most common type of fixed level goal, for example: “to reach net zero emissions by 2050”.

    Base year intensity target
    A base year intensity target is a commitment to reduce a city’s emissions intensity (emissions per unit of another variable, typically GDP) by a specified quantity relative to a base year.

    For example, a 40% reduction of emissions per GDP from 1990 levels by 2020.

    Baseline scenario (business as usual) target
    A baseline scenario (business as usual) target is a commitment to reduce emissions by a specified quantity relative to a projected emissions baseline scenario, also referred to as a business as usual scenario. A baseline scenario is a reference case that represents future events or conditions most likely to occur in the absence of activities taken to meet the mitigation goal.

    For example, a 30% reduction from baseline scenario emissions in 2020.

    No target
    If your city does not currently have any emissions targets in place, please only select “No target”.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision level Information required Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    Mandatory GHG emissions reduction target Local governments shall submit their greenhouse gas emissions reduction target(s) to GCoM within two years upon joining GCoM. Questions 5.0 and 5.0a/b/c/d
    Mandatory Target boundary The target boundary shall be consistent with all emissions sources included in the GHG emissions inventory, with the possibility to exclude sources that are not controlled by the local government. “Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)” field
    Mandatory Target boundary (if different to the inventory boundary) In case that the target boundary does not align with the inventory boundary, any additions or exclusions shall be specified and justified. “Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions” field
    Optional Target boundary (if reporting a joint target) Local governments may develop joint targets with their neighbouring communities. Detail the neighbouring communities included in the target in the “Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)” and “Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions” fields
    Mandatory Target year The target year shall be the same as, or later than, the target year adopted in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) or as set by your Regional/National Covenants (See e.g. UNFCCC NDC List, Climate Tracker, CLIMATEWATCH). Cities that set a target year beyond 2030 shall also include an interim target between now and 2030. Target year” field
    Recommended Base year (only for base year emissions target and base year intensity target) The base year should be the same as the base year used in the NDC or as set by Regional/National Covenants. Where the base year is different from the NDC (e.g. where a city has previously adopted another base year or due to a lack of data availability), this shall be explained. “Base year” field
    Mandatory Ambition At a minimum, the target shall be as ambitious as the unconditional components of the NDC. When a national government increases their NDC, local governments shall have a maximum of five years to ensure their target remains as ambitious as the unconditional components of the NDC.

    Targets shall be reported as a percentage (%) reduction from the base year or scenario year (for base year emissions, base year intensity and baseline scenario targets).

    Many countries have submitted two sets of NDC targets: unconditional targets, to be implemented without any explicit external support; and conditional targets. The latter are more ambitious than unconditional targets and require external support for their fulfilment. This includes financial support, and policies or action in other countries which support or facilitate a given country’s mitigation policy (e.g. adoption of carbon taxes in a particular country may be conditional on the widespread use of carbon taxes in other countries, to ensure that domestic industry is not unduly impacted).
    “Percentage reduction target” field
    Mandatory Units The absolute emissions in the target year(s) in metric tonnes CO2e shall also be reported for all target types. If possible, the same approach should be chosen as is the case for the NDC target. “Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)” field
    Mandatory Use of transferable emissions Transferable emissions are emissions allowances and offset credits from market mechanisms outside the target boundary that are used toward meeting a target. Please refer to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Mitigation Goal Standard for more details.

    The use of transferable emissions units is only permissible when a local government’s target ambition exceeds the unconditional components of the NDC. Where this is the case, the local government shall report the target, with and without the transferable emissions units, as well as identify the source of the transferable emissions units.
    Question 5.3 and 5.3a
    Mandatory Conditionality The use of conditional components is only permissible when a local government’s target ambition exceeds the unconditional components of the NDC. Any conditional components included in the target shall be identified and, where possible, the conditional components should also be quantified. Conditional components include where cities set a stretch target, or where actions are identified for other key stakeholders beyond that which they have committed to themselves (for example, where a local government assumes a more ambitious reduction in the carbon-intensity of the national electricity grid than that committed to in the NDC or official government policy). Questions 5.2 and 5.2a
    Mandatory Baseline scenario target For a baseline scenario target, the modelling methodologies, and parameters shall be transparently described Question 5.0d

    If “Base year emissions (absolute) target” is selected in 5.0:

    5.0a Please provide details of your total city-wide base year emissions reduction (absolute) target. In addition, you may add rows to provide details of your sector-specific targets, by providing the base year emissions specific to that target.

    Question 5.0a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Base year Year of target implementation Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage reduction target
    Select from:
    • All emissions sources included in city inventory
    • Energy
    • Transport
    • Waste
    • Other
    Text field Select from:
    • Same - covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller - covers only part of the city
    • Larger - covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial - Covers part of the city and adjoining areas
    Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field


    Target year Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage of target achieved so far Does this target align with the global 1.5 - 2°c pathway set out in the Paris Agreement? Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government? Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.
    Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Select from:
    • Yes - 1.5 c
    • Yes - 2°c
    • No
    • Do not know
    Select from:
    • Energy industry
    • Heating and cooling supply
    • Commercial buildings
    • Residential buildings
    • Public facility
    • Industrial facilities
    • Transport
    • Water
    • Other

    Select from:
    • Yes
    • Yes, but it exceeds its scale or requirement
    • No
    • Do not know

    Text field

    [Add Row]

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    Guidance

    Please ensure to report long (2051+), medium (2026-2050) and short term (present-2025) targets if you have them.

    Provide the details of your city’s base year emissions (absolute) target in the table provided under the following headings:

    Sector
    Please select ‘Total city-wide emissions’ to report the emissions reduction target for your total city-wide emissions inventory. If you have sector breakdowns of your city-wide emissions reduction target, please add a row and select the relevant sector.

    Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions

    Please use this field to explain any additional inclusions or exclusions in the target sectors in comparison with the inventory sectors.

    Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your emissions reduction target relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    Base year
    Please enter the appropriate year to the numerical field provided. Your base year (also known as the “representative year”) is the reference year from which your greenhouse gas reductions are measured. Please ensure the base year corresponds to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your local government inventory, please provide the base year for that sector.

    Year of target implementation
    Please enter in numerical format the year in which your target came into effect or was approved by the local government. This differs from your base year which is used as a reference year from which to measure or compare emissions.

    Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Please enter the numerical value for the emissions in your base year, without commas. Your base emissions are the greenhouse gas emissions from your base year on which your target is based. Please ensure the base year emissions pertains to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your city-wide emissions inventory, please provide the base year emissions for that sector. Please ensure that the base year emissions correspond with the base year reported.

    Percentage reduction target
    Please enter the numerical value of your percentage reduction target, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%). If your target is not currently expressed as a percentage, please convert it into this format (for example an absolute emissions reduction in metric tonnes CO2e can be converted into a percentage reduction relative to the base year). If this is not possible, please note your target reduction and other relevant detail in the “Comment” field for this question.

    Target year
    Please enter in numerical form the year by which you anticipate achieving your goal. Please note that the target year cannot be in the past.

    Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Please indicate the absolute emissions expected in the target year when the target is achieved. For example, if a 20% reduction on 2000000 tC02e is the goal for 2030, then in 2030 the expected absolute emissions would be 1600000 tC02e.

    Percentage of target achieved so far
    Please enter a numerical value for the percentage of your emissions reduction target that you have achieved since the ‘Target year start’, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%). If you have a fixed level target, you can calculate the % of target achieved so far if you have base and current emissions figures.State the target’s percentage completion (in terms of emissions) against the base year emissions. For example, if your target is to reduce your emissions by 10% by 2020 compared with a 2010 base year, and in your reporting year your emissions had reduced by 3% compared to that target base year, your target is 30% complete ((3/10) x 100). If you have met your target in the reporting year, indicate 100% complete. It is not possible to put values greater than 100% in this field; however if you have exceeded your target, explain in the Comment field.

    If you set an absolute target to stabilize your greenhouse gas emissions against a base year, enter 0 (zero) until the target year. For example, if a city sets an absolute target to cap emissions using a 2008 base year and a 2019 target year. For reporting years until 2019, they would enter 0 (zero) in this column, before entering 100% in 2019 if they have achieved their target.

    Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris Agreement?

    The Paris agreement set out a pathway to keep global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees. Many cities are developing targets in line with the Paris agreement goals, such as New York City's 80% by 2050 reduction target. If your city's target is aligned with the Paris agreement goals, please select the relevant option from the list.

    Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies

    Please use this field to select all sectors that are covered under the target

    Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government?

    Please select the relevant option from the list to indicate whether the target aligns with a requirement set by county, state or regional government.

    Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why

    Describe your target in this field and where your city's target is less ambitious than your country's NDC, please explain why.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Year of target implementation Base year Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage reduction target Target year Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage of target achieved so far

    All emissions sources included in the city inventory

    N/A Same – covers entire city and nothing else

    2010

    2002

    6000000

    50

    2030

    3000000

    10

    Residential buildings

    All residential buildings in the city Same – covers entire city and nothing else

    2012

    2010

    180000

    60

    2030

    72000

    8

    Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris Agreement?

    Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies

    Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government?

    Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.

    Yes - 2°C Energy industry
    Heating and cooling supply
    Commercial buildings
    Residential buildings
    Public facility
    Industrial facilities
    Transport
    No

    In 2002, we set a target to reduce GHG emissions by 40% in 2030. This target applies to all the emission sources covered by our inventory: buildings, in-boundary transport and waste.

    Yes - 2°C Energy industry
    Heating and cooling supply
    Residential buildings
    No

    As part of city-wide climate action plan, we have a
    target to reduce residential buildings emissions by at least 60% by 2030


    If “Fixed level target” selected in 5.0:

    5.0b Please provide details of your total fixed level target.

    Question 5.0b is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Year of target implementation Target year Projected population in target year
    Select from:
    • All emissions sources included in city inventory
    • Energy
    • Transport
    • Waste
    • Other
    Text field Select from:
    • Same - covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller - covers only part of the city
    • Larger - covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial - Covers part of the city and adjoining areas
    Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field
    Target year absolute emissions goal (metric tonnes CO2e)Percentage of target achievedDoes this target align with the global 1.5 - 2°c pathway set out in the Paris Agreement? Please indicate to which sector(s) the target appliesDoes this target align to a requirement from a higher level of government?Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.
    Numerical fieldNumerical fieldSelect from:
    • Yes - 1.5°c
    • Yes - 2°c
    • No
    • Do not know
    Select from:
    • Energy industry
    • Heating and cooling supply
    • Commercial buildings
    • Residential buildings
    • Public facility
    • Industrial facilities
    • Transport
    • Water
    • Other

    Select from:
    • Yes
    • Yes, but it exceeds its scale or requirement
    • No
    • Do not know

    Text field


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    Guidance

    Please ensure to report long (2051+), medium (2026-2050) and short term (present-2025) targets if you have them.

    Provide the details of your city’s fixed level emissions reduction target in the table provided under the following headings:

    Sector
    Please select ‘Total city-wide emissions’ to report the emissions reduction target for your total city-wide emissions inventory. If you have sector breakdowns of your city-wide emissions reduction target, please add a row and select the relevant sector.

    Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions

    Please use this field to explain any additional inclusions or exclusions in the target sectors in comparison with the inventory sectors.

    Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your emissions reduction target relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas


    Year of target implementation

    Please enter in numerical format the year in which your target came into effect or was approved by the local government. This differs from your base year which is used as a reference year from which to measure or compare emissions.

    Target year

    Please enter in numerical form the year by which you anticipate achieving your goal. Please note that the target year cannot be in the past.

    Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Please indicate the absolute emissions expected in the target year when the target is achieved. For example, if a 20% reduction on 2000000 tC02e is the goal for 2030, then in 2030 the expected absolute emissions would be 1600000 tC02e.

    Percentage of target achieved so far
    Please enter a numerical value for the percentage of your emissions reduction target that you have achieved since the ‘Target year start’, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%). If you have a fixed level target, you can calculate the % of target achieved so far if you have base and current emissions figures.State the target’s percentage completion (in terms of emissions) against the base year emissions. For example, if your target is to reduce your emissions by 10% by 2020 compared with a 2010 base year, and in your reporting year your emissions had reduced by 3% compared to that target base year, your target is 30% complete ((3/10) x 100). If you have met your target in the reporting year, indicate 100% complete. It is not possible to put values greater than 100% in this field; however if you have exceeded your target, explain in the Comment field.
    If you set an absolute target to stabilize your greenhouse gas emissions against a base year, enter 0 (zero) until the target year. For example, if a city sets an absolute target to cap emissions using a 2008 base year and a 2019 target year. For reporting years until 2019, they would enter 0 (zero) in this column, before entering 100% in 2019 if they have achieved their target.

    Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris Agreement?
    The Paris agreement set out a pathway to keep global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees. Many cities are developing targets in line with the Paris agreement goals, such as New York City's 80% by 2050 reduction target. If your city's target is aligned with the Paris agreement goals, please select the relevant option from the list.

    Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies

    Please use this field to select all sectors that are covered under the target

    Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government?
    Please select the relevant option from the list to indicate whether the target aligns with a requirement set by county, state or regional government.

    Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why
    Describe your target in this field and where your city's target is less ambitious than your country's NDC, please explain why.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Year of target implementation Target year Projected population in target year Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage of target achieved so far

    All emissions sources included in the city inventory

    N/A Same – covers entire city and nothing else

    2011

    2050

    Numerical field

    0 10
    Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris Agreement? Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government? Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.
    Yes - 2°C Energy industry
    Heating and cooling supply
    Commercial buildings
    Residential buildings
    Public facility
    Industrial facilities
    Transport
    Yes

    This is a fixed level target decided by the national government in 2011


    If “Base year intensity target” selected in 5.0:

    5.0c Please provide details of your total city-wide base year intensity target. An intensity target is usually measured per capita or per unit GDP. If you have an absolute emissions reduction target, please select “Base year emissions (absolute) target” in question 5.0.

    Question 5.0c is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Base year Year of target implementation Intensity unit (Emissions per) Base year emissions per intensity unit (metric tonnes CO2e per denominator) Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Select from:
    • All emissions sources included in city inventory
    • Energy
    • Transport
    • Waste
    • Other
    Text field Select from:
    • Same - covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller - covers only part of the city
    • Larger - covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial - Covers part of the city and adjoining areas
    Numerical field Numerical field Select from:
    • Metric tonnes of CO2e per capita
    • Metric tonnes of CO2e per unit GDP
    • Other
    Numerical field Numerical field

    Percentage reduction target in emissions intensityTarget yearTarget year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)Percentage of target achievedDoes this target align with the global 1.5 - 2°c pathway set out in the Paris Agreement? Please indicate to which sector(s) the target appliesDoes this target align to a requirement from a higher level of government?Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.
    Numerical fieldNumerical fieldNumerical fieldNumerical fieldSelect from:
    • Yes - 1.5°c
    • Yes - 2°c
    • No
    • Do not know
    Select from:
    • Energy industry
    • Heating and cooling supply
    • Commercial buildings
    • Residential buildings
    • Public facility
    • Industrial facilities
    • Transport
    • Water
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • Yes, but it exceeds its scale or requirement
    • No
    • Do not know

    Text field

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    Guidance

    Please ensure to report long (2051+), medium (2026-2050) and short term (present-2025) targets if you have them.

    Provide the details of your city’s base year emissions (absolute) target in the table provided under the following headings:

    Sector
    Please select total emissions in order to report the emissions reduction target for your total city-wide emissions inventory. If you have sector breakdowns of your city-wide emissions reduction target, please add a row and select the relevant sector.

    Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions

    Please use this field to explain any additional inclusions or exclusions in the target sectors in comparison with the inventory sectors.

    Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your emissions reduction target relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    Base year

    Please enter the appropriate year to the numerical field provided. Your base year in which your base year (also known as “representative year”) is the reference year from which your greenhouse gas reductions are measured. Please ensure the base year corresponds to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your local government inventory, please provide the base year for that sector.

    Year of target implementation
    Please enter in numerical format the year in which your target was established or came into effect. This differs from your base year which is used as a reference year from which to measure or compare emissions.

    Intensity unit (Emissions per)

    Please define the variable used in your city’s intensity target by selecting the relevant variable from the drop down options (either metric tonnes CO2e per capita, or metric tonnes CO2e per GDP). If your city uses a variable which is not listed, please select “Other” and define the variable in the box provided. Emissions intensity refers to emissions per unit of another variable, which is typically economic output, such as GDP, but may also be population, energy use, or a different variable.

    Base year emissions per intensity unit (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Please enter the numerical value of your base year emissions, without commas. Your base year emissions are the greenhouse gas emissions from your base year on which your target is based. Please ensure the base year emissions corresponds to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your city-wide emissions inventory, please provide the base year emissions for that sector. Please ensure that the base year emissions correspond with the base year reported.

    Base year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Please enter the numerical value of your base year absolute emissions, without commas. Your base year emissions are the greenhouse gas emissions from your base year on which your target is based. Please ensure the base year emissions corresponds to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your city-wide emissions inventory, please provide the base year emissions for that sector. Please ensure that the base year emissions correspond with the base year reported.

    Percentage reduction target in emissions intensity
    Please enter the numerical value of your percentage reduction target, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%). If your target is not currently expressed as a percentage, please convert it into this format (for example an emissions reduction in metric tonnes CO2e per intensity metric can be converted into a percentage reduction relative to the base year). If this is not possible, please note your target reduction and other relevant detail in the Comment field for this question.

    Target year
    Please enter in numerical form the year by which you anticipate achieving your goal. Please note that the target year cannot be in the past.

    Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Please indicate the absolute emissions expected in the target year when the target is achieved. For example, if a 20% reduction on 2000000 tC02e is the goal for 2030, then in 2030 the expected absolute emissions would be 1600000 tC02e.

    Percentage of target achieved so far
    Please enter a numerical value for the percentage of your emissions reduction target that you have achieved since the ‘Target year start’, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%).State the target’s percentage completion (in terms of emissions) against the base year emissions. For example, if your target is to reduce your emissions by 10% by 2020 compared with a 2010 base year, and in your reporting year your emissions had reduced by 3% compared to that target base year, your target is 30% complete ((3/10) x 100). If you have met your target in the reporting year, indicate 100% complete. It is not possible to put values greater than 100% in this field; however if you have exceeded your target, explain in the Comment field.

    If you set an absolute target to stabilize your greenhouse gas emissions against a base year, enter 0 (zero) until the target year. For example, if a city sets an absolute target to cap emissions using a 2008 base year and a 2019 target year. For reporting years until 2019, they would enter 0 (zero) in this column, before entering 100% in 2019 if they have achieved their target.

    Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris Agreement?

    The Paris agreement set out a pathway to keep global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees. Many cities are developing targets in line with the Paris agreement goals, such as New York City's 80% by 2050 reduction target. If your city's target is aligned with the Paris agreement goals, please select the relevant option from the list.

    Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies

    Please use this field to select all sectors that are covered under the target

    Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government?

    Please select the relevant option from the list to indicate whether the target aligns with a requirement set by county, state or regional government.

    Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why

    Describe your target in this field and where your city's target is less ambitious than your country's NDC, please explain why.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Sector

    Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Base year Year of target implementation Intensity unit (Emissions per) Base year emissions per intensity unit (metric tonnes CO2e per denominator) Base year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    All emissions sources included in city inventory

    This target excludes the south coastal region due to different governance structures involving private business in the region Smaller – covers only part of the city

    2002

    2012 Metric tonnes of CO2e per capita

    3.0

    800000

    Energy

    This target includes all industrial buildings within the city boundary Same – covers entire city and nothing else

    2010

    2010 Metric tonnes of CO2e per capita

    1.4

    13000

    Percentage reduction target in emissions intensity

    Target year Target year absolute emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage of target achieved Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris agreement? Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies Does this target correspond to a requirement from a higher level of government? Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.

    15

    2050

    Numerical field

    8 No Energy industry
    Heating and cooling supply
    Commercial buildings
    Residential buildings
    Public facility
    Industrial facilities
    Transport
    No

    The target set for the city-wide emissions is a 10% reduction on per capita emissions from 2002 by 2050. This excludes the geographical boundary of the port area.

    30

    2030

    Numerical field

    4 No Commercial buildings
    Industrial facilities
    No

    If “Baseline scenario (business as usual) target” is selected in response to 5.0:

    5.0d Please provide details of your total city-wide baseline scenario target, including projected business as usual emissions.

    Question 5.0d is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) Base year Year of target implementation Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Target year Estimated business as usual absolute emissions in target year (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Select from:
    • All emissions sources included in city inventory
    • Energy
    • Transport
    • Waste
    • Other
    Text field Select from:
    • Same - covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller - covers only part of the city
    • Larger - covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial - Covers part of the city and adjoining areas
    Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field

    Percentage reduction target from business as usualPercentage of target achievedDoes this target align with the global 1.5 - 2°c pathway set out in the Paris Agreement? Please describe the target and the modelling methodology(ies) and parameters used to define itPlease indicate to which sector(s) the target appliesDoes this target align to a requirement from a higher level of government?Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.
    Numerical fieldNumerical fieldSelect from:
    • Yes - 1.5°c
    • Yes - 2°c
    • No
    • Do not know
    Text fieldSelect from:
    • Energy industry
    • Heating and cooling supply
    • Commercial buildings
    • Residential buildings
    • Public facility
    • Industrial facilities
    • Transport
    • Water
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • Yes, but it exceeds its scale or requirement
    • No
    • Do not know

    Text field

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    Guidance

    Please ensure to report long (2051+), medium (2026-2050) and short term (present-2025) targets if you have them.

    Provide the details of your city’s base year emissions (absolute) target in the table provided under the following headings:

    Sector
    Please select total emissions in order to report the emissions reduction target for your total city-wide emissions inventory. If you have sector breakdowns of your city-wide emissions reduction target, please add a row and select the relevant sector.

    Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions

    Please use this field to explain any additional inclusions or exclusions in the target sectors in comparison with the inventory sectors.

    Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your emissions reduction target relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    Base year

    Please enter the appropriate year to the numerical field provided. Your base year (also known as a “representative year”) is the reference year from which your greenhouse gas reductions are measured. Please ensure the base year corresponds to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your local government inventory, please provide the baseline year for that sector.

    Year of target implementation

    Please enter in numerical format the year in which your target was established or came into effect. This differs from your base year which is used as a reference year from which to measure or compare emissions.

    Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Please enter the numerical value of your base emissions, without commas. Your base emissions are the greenhouse gas emissions from your base year on which your target is based. Please ensure the base year emissions corresponds to the total emissions inventory if Total is selected in the sector field. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your city-wide emissions inventory, please provide the base year emissions for that sector. Please ensure that the base year emissions correspond with the base year reported.

    Target year
    Please enter in numerical form the year by which you anticipate achieving your goal. Please note that the target year cannot be in the past.

    Estimated business as usual absolute emissions in target year (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Please indicate the estimated business as usual emissions figure in the target year (defined in the previous field). A baseline scenario is a reference case that represents the events or conditions most likely to occur in the absence of activities taken to meet a mitigation target.

    Percentage reduction target from business as usual
    Please enter the percentage reduction relative to your city’s baseline scenario emissions (reported in ‘base year emissions’). This should not include commas or the percentage symbol (%).State the target’s percentage completion (in terms of emissions) against the base year emissions. For example, if your target is to reduce your emissions by 10% by 2020 compared with a 2010 base year, and in your reporting year your emissions had reduced by 3% compared to that target base year, your target is 30% complete ((3/10) x 100). If you have met your target in the reporting year, indicate 100% complete. It is not possible to put values greater than 100% in this field; however if you have exceeded your target, explain in the Comment field.

    If you set an absolute target to stabilize your greenhouse gas emissions against a base year, enter 0 (zero) until the target year. For example, if a city sets an absolute target to cap emissions using a 2008 base year and a 2019 target year. For reporting years until 2019, they would enter 0 (zero) in this column, before entering 100% in 2019 if they have achieved their target.

    Percentage of target achieved so far
    Please enter a numerical value for the percentage of your emissions reduction target that you have achieved since the ‘Target year start’, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%).

    Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris Agreement?

    The Paris agreement set out a pathway to keep global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees. Many cities are developing targets in line with the Paris agreement goals, such as New York City's 80% by 2050 reduction target. If your city's target is aligned with the Paris agreement goals, please select the relevant option from the list.

    Please describe the target and the modelling methodology(ies) and parameters used to define it

    Please describe the modelling methodologies used to develop your business as usual trajectory in order to better understand the variables and assumptions involved in the business as usual pathway.

    Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies

    Please use this field to select all sectors that are covered under the target

    Does this target align to a requirement from a higher level of sub-national government?

    Please select the relevant option from the list to indicate whether the target aligns with a requirement set by county, state or regional government.

    Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why

    Describe your target in this field and where your city's target is less ambitious than your country's NDC, please explain why.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Sector Where sources differ from the inventory, identify and explain these additions / exclusions Boundary of target relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)Base year Year of target implementation Base year emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Target year

    Total city-wide emissions

    This target covers all scope 1 and scope 2 emissions within the city boundarySame – covers entire city and nothing else

    2005

    2015

    740000000

    2025

    Transportation

    This target covers all transport within the city boundarySame – covers entire city and nothing else

    2002

    2012

    48000000

    2030

    Estimated business as usual absolute emissions in target year (metric tonnes CO2e) Percentage reduction target from business as usual Percentage of target achieved Does this target align with the global 1.5-2°C pathway set out in the Paris agreement?Please describe the target and the modelling methodology(ies) and parameters used to define it Please indicate to which sector(s) the target applies Does this target correspond to a requirement from a higher level of government?Please describe your target. If your country has an NDC and your city’s target is less ambitious than the NDC, please explain why.

    700000000

    20

    63

    Yes - 2°CThe target uses projection scenarios defined by the U.S. EIA Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2011Energy industry
    Heating and cooling supply
    Commercial buildings
    Residential buildings
    Public facility
    Industrial facilities
    Transport
    Water

    Yes and it exceeds its scale or requirements

    Projecting from 2005, our business-as-usual (BAU) emissions are expected to reach 79 million tonnes CO2e in 2025. The city’s target is to limit emissions to 12% of the BAU scenario. The target exceeds the level of ambition of the 5% by 2030 target for the national level set out in the NDC.

    38000000

    10

    30

    Do not knowTransport
    Yes and it exceeds its scale or requirements

    If "No target" is selected in 5.0:

    5.0e Please explain why you do not have a city-wide emissions reduction target and any plans to set one in the future.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Comment

    Select from:

    • Emissions not calculated
    • Not intending to set a target
    • Lack of resources
    • Lack of available data
    • Policies/projects prioritized over target setting
    • Target is set at regional level
    • Target is set at national level
    • Target is in development
    • Target already achieved
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    Please give more details on why you do not have a city-wide or local government emissions target by selecting a suitable option from the drop down options in the “Reason” field; providing a comment on this selection in the “Comments” field.


    If Yes – 1.5 or Yes – 2°c is selected in “Does this target align…” in 5.0a, 5.0b, 5.0c or 5.0d:

    5.1 Please describe how the target(s) reported above align with the global 1.5-2°c pathway set out in the Paris agreement.

    Response Options

    This is an open text question.

    Please note that when copying from another document into the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.

    Guidance

    Please use this field to describe the methodologies used to develop your city's emissions reduction target, and indicate any methodologies used to ensure the target is aligned with the Paris agreement goals of keeping global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees.


    If any selection except No target in 5.0:

    5.2 Is your city-wide emissions reduction target(s) conditional on the success of an externality or component of policy outside of your control?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Question 5.2 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes to 5.2:

    5.2a Please identify and describe the conditional components of your city-wide emissions reduction target(s).

    Response Options

    This is an open text question.

    Please note that when copying from another document into the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.

    Question 5.2a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCom Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If any selection except No target in 5.0:

    5.3 Does your city-wide emissions reduction target(s) account for the use of transferable emissions units?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Question 5.3 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCom Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    If Yes to 5.3:

    5.3a Please provide details on the use of transferable emissions.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Type of transferable emissions Emissions saved (metric tonnes CO2e) What percentage of the target does this unit represent? Please identify which target this refers to and describe the transferable emissions unit in particular the source of the transferable units
    Select from:
    • Offset credit transactions generated within the boundary and sold
    • Offset credit transactions purchased from outside of the boundary
    • Renewable energy generation produced within the geographic boundary, or reflecting an investment by the city
    • Renewable energy credits
    • Other
    Numerical field Numerical field Text field

    Guidance

    A carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere.

    If offset credits are generated in the geographic boundary and sold, these should be documented separately from emissions reporting. In addition, any offsets purchased from outside the geographic boundary should be separately reported and not “netted” or deducted from the reported inventory results.

    Question 5.3a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCom Common Reporting Framework

    Please refer to the guidance of question 5.0 (emissions reduction target) to understand the requirements of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.



    Mitigation Actions


    5.4 Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Mitigation action Action title Means of implementation Implementation status Estimated emissions reduction (metric tonnes CO2e) Energy savings (MWh) Renewable energy production (MWh) Timescale of reduction / savings / energy production
    Select from Appendix D Text field Select all the apply from Appendix F Select from:
    • Scoping
    • Pre-feasibility study
    • Pre-implementation
    • Implementation
    • Implementation complete
    • Operation
    • Monitoring and reporting
    Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Select from:
    • Per year
    • Projected lifetime
    • Other

    Co-benefit areaAction description Finance statusTotal cost of the projectTotal cost provided by the local government Primary fund sourceWeb link to action website
    Select all that apply from Appendix HText fieldSelect from:
    • Pre-feasibility study status
    • Feasibility undertaken
    • Feasibility finalized, and finance partially secured
    • Finance secured
    Numerical fieldNumerical fieldSelect from:
    • Local
    • (Sub) national
    • International (ODA)
    • Climate finance (carbon credits)
    • Public-private partnership
    • Other
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    These columns are additional to question 5.4 for ICLEI GCC cities

    Name of the stakeholder group Role in the GCC program Name of the engagement activities Aim of the engagement activities Attach reference document
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    Question 5.4 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCom Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision levelInformation requiredTo be included in the plan or assessment?Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    MandatoryBrief description of the mitigation actionYes“status of action” and “Action description and implementation progress” fields
    MandatoryAssessment of energy saving, renewable energy production, and GHG emissions reduction by actionYes“Estimated emissions reduction (metric tonnes CO2e)”, “Energy savings (MWh)”, “renewable energy production (MWh)” fields
    RecommendedImplementation statusYes“Implementation status” and “Action description” fields
    RecommendedCost of the actionYes"Total cost of project” field
    RecommendedTimeframe of the actionYes“Action description” field
    RecommendedFinancial strategy for implementing the actionYes“Primary fund source” and “Action description” fields
    RecommendedImplementing agenciesYes“Action description” field
    RecommendedStakeholders involved in planning and implementationYes“Action description” field
    MandatoryMonitoring reportNo – to be reported directly through the questionnaire every two years after submitting the action plan(s).

    The monitoring reports shall provide information about the implementation status of each action contained in the action plan, helping to monitor progress made
    Update all fields in question 5.4

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Guidance

    This question requests information about the efforts you are undertaking to reduce community-wide emissions.

    For example, a city may have multiple projects within the wider activity of improving buildings energy efficiency / retrofit measures, which may involve different forms of public/private partnership, different sectors, scope, costs or timescale. This question seeks to understand the details about emissions reduction projects which your city has, including the activities which they fall under, emissions reduction potential, timescale and other details.

    Mitigation action
    Individual actions fall within a broader group of activity. The list of activities is provided in Appendix E of the questionnaire. Please select the relevant actions that apply to your city from the drop down menu.

    Action title

    Use this text box to provide the name (if applicable) of the adaptation action or project your city is undertaking.

    Means of implementation

    Please select from the list to indicate how your city is planning to implement the specified action.

    Implementation status
    Please indicate the current status of the project by selecting from the following options:

    • Scoping – if your city is in the process of developing a project plan, this is also known as the identification phase
    • Pre-feasibility study – if your city is researching the feasibility of the project plan, this is known as the evaluate phase
    • Pre-implementation – if your city has developed a project plan but not begun implementation, this is also known as the feasibility or definition phase
    • Implementation – if the project has started implementation (execution)
    • Operation – if the project is in full operation
    • Implementation complete – if the project is complete
    • Monitoring and reporting – if the project is complete and results are being measured

    Estimated emissions reduction (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Please enter the numerical value of the total cumulative anticipated emissions reductions as a result of the action in metric tonnes CO2e without commas and without unit symbols. This can be an estimate. If you prefer to report this information in amount of energy saved, please use the next field.

    Energy savings (MWh)
    Please enter the numerical value of the total cumulative anticipated energy savings in megawatt hours as a result of the action without commas and without unit symbols. This can be an estimate. If you prefer to report this information in amount of renewable energy produce, please use the next field.

    Renewable energy production (MWh)
    Please enter the numerical value of the total cumulative anticipated renewable energy generated in megawatt hours as a result of the action without commas and without unit symbols. This can be an estimate.

    Timescale of reduction/savings/energy production
    Select from the drop down menu the timescale for the estimated emissions reduction / energy savings / renewable production reported in the previous field. If the figure represents an annual reduction or production select “Per year”, or select “Projected lifetime” if it represents total emissions saved over the lifetime of the project. If the figure represents neither annual reduction or total lifetime emissions / energy saved, select ‘Other' and provide an explanation.

    Co-benefit area

    Actions taken to adapt to climate change can also provide additional areas of benefit for the city. Please select which areas other than reducing vulnerability are also improved as a result of the action.

    Action description
    The ORS provides a free text box for you to enter further information about your greenhouse gas reduction efforts. Text can be entered freely into this field but please keep this as concise as possible. Description of actions should include further details about: scope, costs, timescale and collaborators.

    Finance status

    Please select the relevant option to indicate what financing has been secured for this action. If the action has not secured full financing, please report the project in the opportunities section under question 6.2.

    Total cost of the project

    Please provide the total expected cost of the project, in numbers with no delimiters. For example $600,000 should be written as 600000. Please ensure you are reporting using the currency selected in 0.4.

    Total cost provided by the local government

    Please provide the total cost provided by the local government, if any, in numbers with no delimiters. For example $600,000 should be written as 600000. Please ensure you are reporting using the currency selected in 0.4.

    Primary fund source

    Please select the relevant fund source providing the majority of funding for the project.

    Web link to project

    Provide a web link to the project website


    Mitigation Planning


    5.5 Does your city have a climate change mitigation or energy access plan for reducing city-wide GHG emissions?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Question 5.5 is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    GCoM Common Reporting Framework

    Local governments shall develop plans for both climate change mitigation and adaptation (climate resilience), which may be presented in separate plans or an integrated plan. Local governments shall submit their climate action plans to GCoM within three years upon joining GCoM.

    Please note that local governments may develop joint action plans with their neighbouring communities.

    Guidance

    Please indicate whether your city has a climate change action plan by selecting “Yes”; “In progress”; “Intending to undertake in the next 2 years”; “Not intending to undertake”; or “Don’t know” from the drop down menu provided.

    Further to incorporating sustainability goals into the city’s master plan, this question explores whether your city has created a separate action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This could for example include a plan for the local public transportation to cut GHG emissions by modernizing the bus fleet to hybrid vehicles. A climate action plan should include information about baseline emissions, target reductions, sectors of focus, stakeholder engagement, implementation and monitoring plans.

    Example Responses

    If you wish to see an example of a climate change action plan please refer to London’s which can be found here.


    If Yes to 5.5:

    5.5a Please attach your city’s climate change mitigation plan below. If your city has both action and energy access plans, please make sure to attach all relevant documents below.

    This question is required for the assessment of your response for the WWF One Planet City Challenge.


    Question 5.5a is required for the Global Covenant of Mayors. For more detailed information on the reporting requirements, please refer to the GCoM Guidance note.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Publication title and attach document Year of adoption from local government Web link Areas covered by action plan Boundary of plan relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1) If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included

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    Numerical field

    Text field

    Select all that apply from Appendix E Select from:
    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – Covers part of the city and adjoining areas
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    Stage of implementation Has your local government assessed the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits, if any, of the main mitigation and adaptation actions you identified? Comment or describe the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of this interaction Has there been a stakeholder engagement plan to develop the plan? Primary author of plan

    Select from:

    • Plan in development
    • Plan developed but not implemented
    • Plan in implementation
    • Implementation complete
    • Measurement in progress
    • Plan update in progress
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Don't know
    Text field Text field Select from:
    • Dedicated city team
    • Relevant city department
    • Consultant
    • International organization
    • Community group
    • Regional / state / provincial government
    • National / central government
    • Other

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    GCom Common Reporting Framework

    Please find below a breakdown of the information cities and local governments are asked to compile and report on as part of the GCoM new common reporting framework.

    Provision level Information required To be included in the plan or assessment? Relevant field in the Cities questionnaire
    Mandatory Local governments shall develop plans for both climate change mitigation and adaptation (climate resilience), which may be presented in separate plans or an integrated plan. Local governments shall submit their climate action plans to GCoM within three years upon joining GCoM. N/A Questions 5.5 and 5.5a
    Optional Local governments may develop joint action plans with their neighbouring communities. Yes Detail the neighbouring communities included in the plan in the “If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included” field in question 5.5a
    Mandatory Date of adoption of the plan Yes “Year of adoption from local government” field in question 5.5a
    Mandatory All actions of priority sectors (identified from the GHG emissions inventory) Yes “Areas covered by action plan” field in table question 5.5a
    Mandatory Name of the local government(s) which formally adopted the plan Yes “If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included” field in question 5.5a
    Mandatory Synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of mitigation and adaptation actions Yes "Comment or describe the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of this interaction” field in question 5.5a
    Mandatory Description of the stakeholder engagement processes Yes “Has there been a stakeholder engagement plan to develop the plan?” field in question 5.5a
    Mandatory Lead author team Yes "Primary author of plan” field in table question 5.5a
    Mandatory Mitigation target(s) (including sectoral targets if available) Yes Question 5.0
    Mandatory Descriptions for each mitigation action Yes Question 5.4
    Mandatory Assessment of energy saving, renewable energy production, and GHG emissions reduction by mitigation action Yes Question 5.4
    Recommended Metric (or key performance index) for tracking progress and monitoring plans Yes Question 5.4
    Recommended Prioritization of mitigation actions Yes N/A – to be included in the plan
    Recommended Policy instruments to implement the mitigation actions Yes N/A – to be included in the plan
    Mandatory Monitoring report No – to be reported directly through the questionnaire every two years after submitting the action plan(s).

    The monitoring reports shall provide information about the implementation status of each action contained in the action plan, helping to monitor progress made.>
    Update all fields in question 5.4
    Mandatory The local government shall update and resubmit the action plan(s) when there are significant changes to the existing plan(s). N/A Update all fields in question 5.5a

    Guidance

    If you have a climate action plan, please provide additional details about it in this question. Please indicate:

    Publication title and attach the document
    State the official name of your city’s climate action plan. Click on ‘Choose file’, navigate to the file you want to upload and click ‘Open’. Once you can see the file name in the text field click ‘Attach & Save’ to attach the document.

    Year of approval from local government
    Enter the year the plan was published and approved by the city as a numeric value.

    Web link

    Provide a web link to the climate action plan

    Areas covered by action plan

    Please select all the relevant areas from the list that are included in your city's action plan.

    Boundary of assessment relative to city boundary (reported in 0.1)

    Indicate the boundary of your city’s adaptation plan relative to your city’s boundary (as reported in 0.1) by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Same – covers entire city and nothing else
    • Smaller – covers only part of the city
    • Larger – covers the whole city and adjoining areas
    • Partial – covers part of the city and adjoining areas

    If the city boundary is different from the plan boundary, please explain why and any areas/other cities excluded or included
    Please explain your choice in the previous field. For example, if your city’s risk assessment covers only part of the city, please use this field to describe which areas your plan covers and the reason behind this.

    Stage of implementation
    Indicate the extent to which your city has implemented its climate change action plan by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Plan in development – your jurisdiction has identified a vision and goals; and begun to organize resources to develop a plan;
    • Plan developed but not implemented – plan to implement actions has been developed and implementation tools have been identified;
    • Plan in implementation –if your jurisdiction has begun to implement actions from the climate action plan (execution);
    • Implementation complete – if the actions identified in the plan have been fully implemented;
    • Measurement in progress – if the project is complete and results are being measured;
    • Plan update in progress – if your jurisdiction has begun to update the action plan based on the progress and success of actions that have been executed;
    • Other.

    Has your local government assessed the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits, if any, of the main mitigation and adaptation actions you identified?

    Please select from the options to indicate whether your city has assessed the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits, of the main mitigation and adaptation actions identified in the plan. Click here to read more about how to identify potential interactions between climate adaptation and mitigation measures.

    Comment or describe the synergies, trade-offs, and co-benefits of this interaction

    Describe the interactions between adaptation and mitigation measures, and how these were assessed.

    Has there been a stakeholder engagement plan to develop the plan?

    Please describe the stakeholder engagement processes conducted during the development of the action plan, including stakeholders involved, how the relevant stakeholders were engaged and the results of the engagement.

    Primary author of plan
    Indicate the primary author responsible for the primary planning document to address climate adaptation in your jurisdiction by selecting the most applicable response from the following list of values:

    • Dedicated city team
    • Relevant city department
    • Consultant
    • International organization
    • Community group
    • Regional / state / provincial government
    • National / central government
    • Other



    If Not intending to undertake, or Intending to undertake in the next 2 years to 5.5:

    5.5b Please explain why you do not have a city climate change mitigation plan and any future plans to create one.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Comment

    Select from:

    • No plans yet to create an action plan
    • Resources lacking to create an action plan
    • Action plan in early stages of project planning
    • Action planning in progress
    • Lack of budget/resources
    • Other

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    Guidance

    In the first field, select from the following options in the drop-down menu the most appropriate reason for why you do not have or do not intend to have a climate change action plan:

    • No plans yet to create an action plan;
    • Resources lacking to create an action plan;
    • Action plan in early stages of project planning;
    • Action plan in progress;
    • Lack of budget/resources;
    • Other.

    Please provide more information or context on the reason selected in the comment field. Such a description should include information about the practical barriers that impact each reason, or detail your progress in developing a plan and the areas likely to be incorporated within it.


    6. Opportunities


    Opportunities


    6.0 Please indicate the opportunities your city has identified as a result of addressing climate change and describe how the city is positioning itself to take advantage of these opportunities.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Opportunity Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity

    Select from:

    • Development of local/sustainable food businesses
    • Development of energy efficiency measures and technologies
    • Increase in clean technology businesses
    • Development of waste management / recycling businesses
    • Development of tourism industry
    • Development of sustainable transport sector
    • Development of sustainable construction sector
    • Increase opportunities for trading and investment
    • Increase opportunities for partnerships
    • Development of climate change resiliency projects
    • Development of carbon markets
    • Development of resource conservation and management
    • Increased water security
    • Extended agricultural seasons
    • Additional funding opportunities
    • Improved efficiency of operations
    • Increased energy security
    • Increased attention to other environmental concerns
    • Increased infrastructure investment
    • Other
    • No opportunities identified

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    Guidance

    This question invites you to detail the economic opportunities from mitigating, and adapting to, climate change and asks you to describe how your city is seizing them. Please select the relevant options that apply to your city from the drop down menu in the table; selecting inappropriate options may negatively impact the accuracy of your CDP analytics.

    For example, you may note that your city sees the potential growth of the local solar industry, adding tax revenue and job growth in your city.

    Economic Opportunities

    • Development of local/sustainable food businesses;
    • Development of energy efficiency measures and technologies;
    • Increase in clean technology businesses;
    • Development of waste management / recycling businesses;
    • Development of tourism industry;
    • Development of sustainable transport sector;
    • Development of sustainable construction sector;
    • Increase opportunities for trading and investment;
    • Increase opportunities for partnerships;
    • Development of climate change resiliency projects;
    • Development of carbon markets;
    • Development of resource conservation and management;
    • Increased water security;
    • Extended agricultural seasons;
    • Additional funding opportunities;
    • Improved efficiency of operations;
    • Increased energy security;
    • Increased attention to other environmental concerns;
    • Increased infrastructure investment;
    • Other;
    • No opportunities identified.

    Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity
    For each of the economic opportunities identified in the previous field, please highlight what your city is doing to seize this opportunity in this field. For example, if you selected “development of new business industries” under Economic Opportunity, you might detail your city’s efforts to encourage and support the development of new business industries within the city limits or provide consulting services to other municipalities who are trying to attract new business industries.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Economic opportunity

    Describe how the city is maximizing this opportunity

    Improved efficiency of operations

    Performing a local and regional emissions inventory had the added benefit of identifying inefficiencies in operations by tracking data related to energy consumption, waste processes and water consumption at the government operations and regional levels.

    Increased attention to other environmental concerns

    The city created a ‘congestion-zone’ in the downtown area where private cars are only allowed to drive during peak times if they pay a substantial fee. This has decreased the number of cars on the street 65% during peak times. This was done to reduce emissions and reduce traffic but it has also lessened the amount of smog in the city by 30% and resulted in more income for the city.


    6.1 Does your city collaborate in voluntary partnership with businesses in your city on sustainability projects?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    This question aims to understand how cities collaborate with businesses on sustainability issues. Some examples of collaboration can be found in the 2014 CDP Cities report, Protecting Our Capital.

    Response
    Please answer by selecting “Yes”; “In progress”; “Intending to undertake in the future”; “Not intending to undertake”; or “Don’t know” from the drop down menu provided.


    If Yes to 6.1:

    6.1a Please provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business in the table below.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Collaboration area Description of collaboration

    Select from Appendix E

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    Guidance

    Collaboration area

    Please select an appropriate collaboration area or sector from the drop-down list that your city is collaborating with business in. Table rows can be added or deleted as needed to report multiple collaboration areas.

    Description of collaboration

    If you selected “Yes” as your response, please use this text box to describe what areas or projects your city works on with businesses.


    6.2 List any emission reduction, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing, and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select No relevant projects under Project Area.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Project area Project Title Stage of project development

    Select from:

    • Buildings
    • Energy efficiency / retrofit
    • Outdoor lighting
    • Renewable energy
    • Transport
    • Waste management
    • Waste recycling
    • Water management
    • Other
    • No relevant projects
    Text field

    Select from:

    • Scoping
    • Pre-feasibility study
    • Project feasibility
    • Project structuring
    • Transaction preparation
    • Post implementation
    Status of financingProject descriptionTotal cost of projectTotal investment cost needed (if relevant)

    Select from:

    • Project not funded and seeking partial funding
    • Project not funded and seeking full funding
    • Project partially funded and seeking additional funding
    • Other

    Text field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field


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    Guidance

    The goal of this question is to understand what climate-change related projects your city is currently seeking external financing for from public or private institutions. These may be projects relating to renewable energy, sustainable transport, building or energy efficiency, waste, water or other climate-related areas. From the data gathered in this question, CDP aims to help cities improve access to financing for climate change-related projects.

    Use the table in this question to list the different projects your city is looking to attract public or private sector finance for – you can add multiple projects by clicking ‘Add row’. If your city is not currently seeking financing on any relevant projects, please select “No relevant projects” in the first field.

    Project area
    Use the drop down options to select the project area that is closest to the project that your city is seeking financing for. If your city does not have any projects currently seeking financing, please select “None”.

    Stage of project development
    Please indicate the current status of the project by selecting from the following options:

    • Scoping
    • Pre-feasibility study
    • Project feasibility
    • Project structuring
    • Transaction preparation
    • Post implementation

    Status of financing
    Please indicate the status of the project’s financing by selecting from the following options:

    • Project not financed and seeking partial financing – If the project is not funded and your city is seeking financing for part of the project. If your project is in this status, please indicate how much finance is being sought in these fields of the table.
    • Project not financed and seeking full financing – if the project is not funded and seeking financing for the whole project. If your project is in this status, please indicate how much finance is being sought in these fields of the table.
    • Project partially financed and seeking additional financing – if the project is partially financed, but your city is still seeking additional finance. If your project is in the status, please indicate how much finance has already been received and how much additional finance is being sought.
    • Other (please specify)

    Project description
    Use this text box to describe the project in as much detail as possible. Detail should include context about the project such as: project name, a web link, the scale of the project, collaborators in the project, expected environmental and social impacts, the type of financing being sought (if known), etc.

    Total cost of project
    Give an estimate of the total overall cost of the project, including any financing which has already been secured.

    Total investment cost needed (if relevant)
    Indicate how much finance you hope to raise for the project. If your project is partially financed and seeking additional finance, please indicate the amount of money your city is still seeking.


    Finance & Economic Opportunities


    6.3 Has your City received/secured funding for any low carbon projects (e.g. energy efficiency, renewable energy, low emission vehicles, bus rapid transit, waste management) or climate adaptation projects from a development bank (e.g. World Bank, Asian Development Bank, etc.)?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    6.4 Has your City established a fund to invest in energy efficiency, renewable energy or carbon reduction projects?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    Indicate whether your city has a dedicated fund for renewable energy or carbon reduction programs or services.


    6.5 Does your City have its own credit rating?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Does your city have a credit rating? Rating agency Rating

    International

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No

    Text field

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    Domestic

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No

    Text field

    Text field

    Guidance

    International and domestic credit ratings and rating agencies are offered by third-party rating agencies such as Standard & Poor or Moody's. Municipal market participants rely heavily on these indicators of risk when they determine the relative value of municipal investments.


    6.6 Are Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues incorporated into investment decisions of any of the city retirement funds?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    6.7 How are investment decisions of the city retirement funds made?

    Response Options

    This is an open text question.

    Please note that when copying from another document into the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.


    6.8 Which individuals in the city have responsibility for oversight and/or implementation of investment of the city retirement funds?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Does the individual have responsibility for oversight and/or implementation of investment of the city retirement funds?

    City council/elected representatives

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Treasury or city finance staff

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Other staff

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    6.9 Has your City prepared a strategy for green growth?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    This question seeks to understand whether your city has a strategy in place to achieve economic growth and development through urban activities that reduce negative environmental externalities and the impact on natural resources and environmental services.

    • “Green” refers to urban activities (public and private) that reduce negative environmental impact (land-use, transport, buildings, energy, waste, and water)
    • “Growth” refers to GDP growth primarily, but also urban quality of life.

    Developing a green economy is crucial for a healthy and sustainable future within cities. Green businesses are more competitive, efficient and prepared for the future.
    Links to strong city green growth strategies:
    • Vancouver
    • Copenhagen

    6.11 How many people within your City are employed in green jobs/ industries?

    Response Options

    Numerical field.

    Guidance

    This question considers green growth strategies, including those meant to accelerate investment and job creation in the sustainability sector, encourage the growth of green enterprise districts or clusters, and quantify the economic benefit of climate action. If you do not know, please provide an estimate.


    7. Local Government Emissions

    The questions in this section refer to emissions associated with your local government operations (sometimes referred to as “corporate” or “municipal”) emissions.

    Section Overview

    The module gives you the opportunity to disclose your local government’s emissions inventory as well as some other metrics that will provide a holistic picture of your operations. Calculating an LGO inventory is a good first step into measuring emissions, as the data is more readily available than a city-wide inventory, hence many cities chose to calculate LGO emissions before developing a community inventory.

    This section of the questionnaire is divided into 4 pages:

    • Boundary and scope (Question 7.0 – 7.4): This page collects information on the approach taken for preparing your emissions inventory. Importantly this page also allows users to define the 12 month period for which data is reported – this period should be consistent throughout the inventory. Where data is not available for an entire 12 month period, please extrapolate your data to a 12 month period.
    • Energy Data (Question 7.5): This page collects information on the energy purchased and consumed over the reporting year.
    • GHG Emissions Data (Questions 7.6 - 7.8): This page collects information on the emissions released during the inventory year.
    • External Verification (Question 7.9): The final page of the local government operations inventory collects information on verification of emissions data.

    CDP recognizes that cities use different methodologies to measure their greenhouse gas emissions. As such, at this time CDP does not require cities to use a specific methodology to report to CDP - you may disclose an emissions inventory that has been calculated by any methodology. Please identify the methodology used at the appropriate place in the questionnaire.

    CDP also recognizes that many cities have created their own proprietary methodologies for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. If your city fits into this category, please provide as much information as possible about the methods you have used to measure your emissions.

    Please note that a metric tonne is equivalent to 2,204.6lbs. The “long ton”, a term generally used in Britain, is equivalent to 2,240lbs and the “short ton”, generally used in the USA, is equivalent to 2,000lbs. The CDP Cities questionnaire asks for CO2e measurements in metric tonnes.

    For more information on any of the above considerations, please refer directly to the protocols listed in this section of the guidance document or contact [email protected].


    Local Government Operations GHG Emissions Data

    The questions in this section refer to emissions reduction targets and actions associated with your local government operations (sometimes referred to as "corporate" or "municipal") emissions.


    7.0 Do you have an emissions inventory for your local government operations to report? Reporting a Local Government Operations emissions inventory is optional.

    By selecting Yes below, you are indicating that you have fuel and/or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from your local government operations (sometimes referred to as ‘corporate’ or ‘municipal’ emissions) to report at this time.

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Not intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake

    Guidance

    The municipal or local government inventory is a subset within the city-wide inventory. City-wide emissions are designed to represent the total quantity of GHG emissions produced by your community (as defined by geographic boundaries) and will therefore include Government emissions which are emissions rising from the local authority’s own estate and operations. You will have the opportunity to describe the methodology or protocol utilized to measure your city’s emissions later in the questionnaire.

    For more information on the difference between Government and Community emissions inventories, please see the following documents:

    Local Government Operations Protocol (LGOP) for the Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (Version 1.1) (a collaboration between The California Air Resources Board, The California Climate Action Registry, The Climate Registry, and ICLEI) International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol (IEAP) developed by ICLEI Appendix B in the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (WRI, C40 and ICLEI).


    If Yes or In progress to 7.0:

    7.1 Please state the dates of the accounting year or 12-month period for which you are reporting an emissions inventory for your local government operations.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    From To

    Drop-down calendar

    Drop-down calendar

    Guidance

    The ORS provides a drop-down calendar for you to enter the dates requested. Entries MUST be for a 12-month period. If you do not have data for the entire 12-month period, please extrapolate to 12 months please extrapolate to 12 months (by multiplying figures [12/x amount of months in inventory] * emissions figures).


    If Yes or In progress to 7.0:

    7.2 Please indicate the category that best describes the boundary of your local government operations emissions inventory.

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Departments, entities or companies over which operational control is exercised
    • Departments, entities or companies over which financial control is exercised
    • Other

    Guidance

    A drop-down list is provided with the following values:

    • Departments, entities or companies over which operational control is exercised;
    • Departments, entities or companies over which financial control is exercised;
    • Other

    The options allow for emissions to be captured from a ranging set of institutions, from government departments to quasi-governmental authorities, public corporations and special purpose vehicles. Further guidance on the suitability of these different methods is available in the Local Government Operations Protocol, the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol, and Appendix B of the Global Protocol for Community Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories.

    If none of the listed options describes your boundary, please select “other” from the drop down list. You will then be provided with a text box in which to describe your boundary.


    If Yes or In progress to 7.0:

    7.3 Please give the name of the primary protocol, standard, or methodology used to calculate your local government operations emissions inventory and attach your inventory using the attachment function.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Primary protocol Comment

    Select from:

    • Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Public Sector Standard
    • International Emissions Analysis Protocol (ICLEI)
    • ISO 14064
    • Local Government Operations Protocol (ICLEI/The Climate Registry/California Climate Action Registry/ California Air Resources Board)
    • Australian National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination
    • Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC), (WRI, C40 and ICLEI)
    • 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    CDP recognizes that cities use different methodologies to measure their greenhouse gas emissions. As such, at this time CDP does not require cities to use a specific methodology to report local government emissions to CDP - you may disclose an emissions inventory that has been calculated by any methodology.

    In the first field you will see a list of methodologies. Please select the methodology on which you base the majority of your calculations. The system will only let you select one methodology. If you do not see your chosen methodology reflected in the list please select “Other” and describe your methodology

    • Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Public Sector Standard;
    • International Emissions Analysis Protocol (ICLEI);
    • ISO 14064;
    • Local Government Operations Protocol (ICLEI / The Climate Registry / California Climate Action Registry / California Air Resources Board);
    • Australian National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination;
    • Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC), (WRI, C40 and ICLEI);
    • 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories;
    • Other

    You might have calculated your emissions using multiple methodologies or by slightly modifying an existing methodology. In the comment field, please detail how you have used multiple methodologies or how your city collects and manages data for your local government operations.


    If Yes or In progress to 7.0:

    7.4 Which gases are included in your emissions inventory?

    Response Options

    Select all that apply:

    • CO2
    • CH4
    • N2O
    • HFCs
    • PFCs
    • SF6
    • NF3

    Guidance

    The list consists of the main greenhouse gases defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), as well as nitrogen triflouride (NF3).


    Energy Data


    If Yes to 7.0:

    7.5 Please give the total amount of fuel (refers to Scope 1 emissions) that your local government has consumed this year.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Source Fuel Amount UnitsEmissions (tonnes CO2e)

    Select from:

    • Airport (s)
    • Buildings
    • Buses
    • Electricity generation
    • Electricity transmission and distribution
    • Employee commuting
    • Incineration of waste
    • Landfills
    • Local trains
    • Maritime port
    • Municipal vehicle fleet
    • Regional trains
    • Roads / highways
    • Street lighting and traffic signals
    • Subway / underground
    • Thermal energy
    • Waste collection
    • Wastewater treatment
    • Water supply
    • Unknown source
    • Total
    • Other

    Select from Appendix C

    Numerical field

    Select from:

    • GWh
    • MWh
    • kWh
    • TJ
    • GJ
    • MJ
    • Therms
    • Btu m3
    • L
    • Metric tonnes
    • Short tons
    Numerical field

    [Add row]

    Guidance

    The intent of the question is to capture data on fuel that is consumed (converted to end-use energy) directly by your city – referring to Scope 1. Scope 1 emissions are all direct GHG emissions sources owned or operated by the municipal government. This fuel could be used in combustion in owned or controlled boilers, furnaces, vehicles, etc.

    The ORS provides a table for your answer with the following fields:

    Source
    Please select a source of your fuel consumption, the list of emissions sources is the same as in LGO1.2.

    Fuel
    The second field is a list of fuel types in a drop-down menu. The list of fuels is drawn from WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Stationary Combustion Guidance document. The fuels are listed in alphabetical order. The most commonly used fuels are provided in the box below.

    Under the additional headings of the table – ‘Amount’ and ‘Units’ – please provide the corresponding data for the fuel type used. The energy units should be selected from the following: GWh; MWh; kWh; TJ; GJ; MJ; Therms; Btu; m3; L; Metric tonnes; Short tons. Multiple entries can be made, using the ‘Add Row’ facility at the bottom right of the table.

    Emissions

    Please provide the total emissions resulting from burning the fuels identified in the Fuel column. Please provide the number in metric tonnes CO2e with no delimiters.


    If Yes to 7.0:

    7.6 Please provide total (Scope 1 + Scope 2) GHG emissions for your local government operations, in metric tonnes CO2e. Scopes are a common categorization method.

    Scope 1: All direct GHG emissions

    Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions associated with the consumption of purchased or acquired electricity, steam, heating, or cooling.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Total Scope 1 + Scope 2 emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Total Scope 1 emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Total Scope 2 emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Comment

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Guidance

    This question is your opportunity to enter a numeric value for the total figure of your local government’s GHG emissions in the selected year, as well as your total scope 1 and scope 2 emissions if your city disaggregates these emissions. Please note that these are local government operation emissions only and should be provided in metric tonnes CO2e.

    Scope 1 emissions are all direct GHG emissions sources owned or operated by the municipal government. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions as a result of electricity, steam, heating, or cooling that has been purchased or acquired by the municipal government. For more information on scopes see the Local Government Operations Protocol.

    If your city has only calculated Scope 1 emissions, provide this in the ‘Total Scope 1’ field, and leave both ‘Total Scope 1 + Scope 2’ and ‘Total Scope 2’ emissions fields blank. 

    If your city disaggregates emissions into Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, please enter the totals for your accounting year here. Refer to your city’s emissions methodology or protocol to determine if this categorization is relevant for your city. Scopes are a common categorization and more details are available in the following methodologies:

    • International Emissions Analysis Protocol
    • Local Government Operations Protocol
    • WRI / WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol

    A table is provided with the following fields:

    Total Scope 1 + Scope 2 emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Enter the sum of your total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in metric tonnes CO2e as a numeric value.

    Total Scope 1 emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Enter your total scope one emissions in metric tonnes CO2e as a numeric value. Scope 1 refers to all direct GHG emissions from the municipal local government operations.

    Total Scope 2 emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Enter your total scope one emissions in metric tonnes CO2e as a numeric value.Scope 2 refers to all indirect GHG emissions associated with the consumption of purchased or acquired electricity, steam, heating, or cooling of the municipal local government operations.

    Comment
    Provide more detail on your scope 1 and 2 emissions reported. Please check that your Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions add up to your total emissions. Please use the comment field to explain any inconsistencies or gaps in data.


    If Yes to 7.0:

    7.7 Do you measure local government Scope 3 emissions?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake

    Guidance

    Please answer by selecting “Yes”; “In progress”; “Intending to undertake in the next 2 years”; “Not intending to undertake”; or “Don’t know” from the drop down menu provided.

    As an example, the following description of Scope 3 emissions is taken directly from the ICLEI Local Government Operations Protocol:

    • Scope 3: “All other indirect emissions not covered in Scope 2, such as emissions resulting from the extraction and production of purchased materials and fuels, transport-related activities in vehicles not owned or controlled by the reporting entity (e.g., employee commuting and business travel), outsourced activities, waste disposal, etc.”

    Further detail on measuring Scope 3 emissions can be found in the ICLEI Local Government Operations Protocol.


    If Yes to 7.7:

    7.7a Please complete the table.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Source of Scope 3 emissions Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e) Comment

    Select from:

    • Employee commuting
    • Employee business travel
    • Emissions from contracted services
    • Upstream production of materials and fuels
    • Upstream and downstream transportation of materials and fuels
    • Waste related Scope 3 emission sources
    • Other

    Numerical field

    Text field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    This is a table question with three fields to allow explanation of the Scope 3 emissions sources which are included in the local government operations inventory. The fields provided are as follows:

    Source of Scope 3 emissions
    Provide a breakdown of the different categories of scope 3 emissions by choosing a source from the list of values:

    • Employee Commuting;
    • Employee Business Travel;
    • Emissions from Contracted Services;
    • Upstream Production of Materials and Fuels;
    • Upstream and Downstream Transportation of Materials and Fuels;
    • Waste Related Scope 3 Emission Sources;
    • Other

    You can find more information on scope 3 upstream and downstream activities here.

    Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)
    Provide the amount of CO2e emitted for each source.

    Comment
    Provide more detail about your Scope 3 emissions reported.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Source of Scope 3 emissions

    Emissions (metric tonnes CO2e)

    Comment

    Employee commuting

    4000

    Estimate based on a survey conducted amongst city employees regarding their ways of traveling to work


    If Not intending to undertake or Intending to undertake in the next 2 years to 7.7:

    7.7b Please explain why not and detail your plans to do so in the future, if any.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reasoning Explanation

    Select from:

    • Lack of data
    • Low data quality
    • Lack of knowledge/capacity
    • Lack of funding/resources
    • Scope categorization not used
    • Not required by national authorities
    • Not required by international agreements
    • Local government Scope 3 emissions have been assessed as insignificant
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    If you do not measure Scope 3 emissions, please explain why not.

    Reasoning
    In this field, select from the following options in the drop-down menu the most appropriate reason for why you do not measure scope 3 emissions in your local government operations :

    • Lack of data;
    • Low data quality;
    • Lack of knowledge/capacity;
    • Lack of funding/resources;
    • Scope categorization not used;
    • Not required by national authorities;
    • Not required by international agreements;
    • Local government Scope 3 emissions have been assessed as insignificant;
    • Other.

    Explanation
    Please provide more information or context on the reason selected in the previous field.


    If Yes to 7.0:

    7.8 Please indicate if your local government operations emissions have increased, decreased, or stayed the same since your last emissions inventory, and please describe why.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Change in emissionsReason for changePlease explain

    Select from:

    • Increased
    • Decreased
    • Stayed the same
    • This is our first year of calculation
    • Do not know

    If “Increased” or “Decreased” selected:

    • Increased energy/electricity consumption
    • Population increase
    • Improved data accuracy
    • Emissions reduction actions not implemented
    • Change in weather conditions
    • Change in accounting methodology
    • Change in calculation following verification
    • Behavioural change
    • Technological change
    • Legislative change
    • Change in available data
    • Change in data collection methods
    • Policy change
    • Financial conditions
    • Other


    If “This is our first year of calculation” is selected:
    • Lack of resource / funding overcome
    • Lack of knowledge overcome
    • Other:


    If “Stayed the same” is selected:
    • No new inventory to report
    • Emissions have not changed
    • Other


    If “Do not know” is selected:
    • Change in staff
    • Lack of documentation
    • Change in methodology
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    The purpose of this table is to understand the change in emissions over time and the factors which led to that change.

    Change in emissions
    In the first field, please select how your emissions have changed compared to the emissions you reported last time. A drop down with the following list of values is provided:

    • Increased;
    • Decreased;
    • Stayed the same;
    • This is our first year of calculation;
    • Do not know.

    Reason for change
    In the second field, please select from the drop down menu to indicate the reason you have identified that led to this change.

    For example, if you previously reported emissions from 2012 and you are now reporting emissions from 2014 please explain any material difference in the figures. For instance, you may have experienced population increase, which may have affected the figures.

    Please explain and quantify changes in emissions
    Please provide more information or context on the reasons for change that you have selected. Please include the percentage or absolute amount of emissions that have changed since your last inventory. If the change in emissions is due to several factors, please select the reason for the most significant change and use this column to explain any other factors.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Change in emissions

    Reason for change

    Please explain

    Decreased

    Policy change

    Last year we reported emissions from our last inventory calculated in 2012. This year we have updated our inventory and notice a decrease in our total emissions. We believe this change is the result of the policies which we have implemented aimed at reducing emissions, including installing LED street lighting, and improving municipal transport infrastructure.


    Local Government Emissions Verification


    If Yes to 7.0

    7.9 Has the GHG emissions data you are currently reporting been externally verified or audited in part or in whole?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    City governments (or any large organization) may see value in having external verification or auditing of their emissions and emission reduction efforts. This can ensure higher levels of quality control / quality assurance. The ability to call on verified data may provide your government with a powerful tool in efforts to influence policy or regulation at other levels of government or with other community stakeholders.

    Please respond to indicate whether your local government emissions have been externally verified or audited by selecting “Yes”, “In progress”, “Intending to undertake in future”, “Not intending to undertake” or “Do not know” from the drop down menu.


    If Yes to 7.9:

    7.9a Please provide the following information about the emissions verification process.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Name of verifier and attach verification certificate Year of verificationPlease explain which parts of your inventory are verified

    Text field and attachment function

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Guidance

    This is a table question with fields to provide an opportunity to describe relevant information about this verification process with the following headings:

    Name of verifier and attach verification certificate
    List the names of organizations which have verified your greenhouse gas emissions and provide proof of verification in the form of an attachment. This function allows you to attach your verification certificate document. To attach a document click on ‘Choose file’, navigate to the file you want to upload and click ‘Open’. Once you can see the file name in the text field click ‘Attach & Save’ to attach the document.

    Year of verification
    State the year in which the verification occurred.

    Please explain which parts of your inventory are not verified

    If the inventory is only verified for certain sectors or scopes, please identify here which parts of the inventory are not covered by the verification. You can also use this field to provide additional details on your verification process, such as:

    • Percentage of emission inventory audited
    • Sections of emission inventory audited

    If Not intending to undertake, or Intending to undertake in the next 2 years to 7.9:

    7.9b Please explain why your local government operations inventory is not verified and describe any future plans for verification.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Comments

    Select from:

    • Verification under consideration
    • Lack of funding / resources
    • Lack of expertise / knowledge
    • Verification is not prioritised
    • Data is internally verified
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    Please give more details on whether and how you plan to verify your emissions related to your local government operations in the future by selecting an option from the drop down options in the “Reason” field; providing a comment on this selection in the “Comments” field.


    8. Energy


    Energy


    8.0 Does your city have a renewable energy or electricity target?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    Renewable energy targets are defined as numerical goals established by governments to achieve specific amount of renewable energy production or consumption. They can apply to the electricity, heating/cooling or transport sectors, or to the energy sector as a whole. To respond to this question please select the dropdown that is most appropriate to your city:

    • Yes;
    • In progress;
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years;
    • Not intending to undertake;
    • Do not know.

    If Yes to 8.0:

    8.0a Please provide details of your renewable energy or electricity target and how the city plans to meet those targets.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Scale

    Energy / electricity types covered by target Base year Total renewable energy / electricity covered by target in base year (in unit specified in column 2)

    Percentage renewable energy / electricity of total energy or electricity in base year

    Select from:

    • City-wide
    • Local government operations

    Select from:

    • Total installed capacity of renewable energy (in MW)
    • Total installed capacity of renewable electricity (in MW)

    • All energy produced (in MWh)
    • All electricity produced (in MWh)
    • All energy consumed (in MWh)
    • All electricity consumed (in MWh)
    • Other

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Percentage field

    Target yearTotal renewable energy / electricity covered by target in target year (in unit specified in column 2)Percentage renewable energy / electricity of total energy or electricity in target yearPercentage of target achievedPlans to meet target (include details on types of energy/electricity)

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Percentage field

    Percentage field

    Text field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    The goal of this question is to understand the targets you have in place regarding renewable electricity or energy in your city. This year, we have combined both renewable energy and electricity targets into one table, to allow comparability between different target types. You may report either capacity based (MW) or output based (MWh) renewable energy targets. For more information on setting renewable energy targets, please refer to the IRENA Renewable Energy Target Setting report, which defines renewable energy targets as:

    “Numerical goals established by governments or other actors (such as electric utilities) to achieve a specific amount of renewable energy production or consumption. Renewable energy targets can apply to the electricity, heating/cooling or transport sectors, or to the energy sector, and include a specific time period or date by which the target is to be reached.”

    Please provide your response in the table provided under the following headings:

    Scale
    Please select which scale your target applies to. This can either be for your local government operations only or for your community.

    Energy types covered by target
    Please select the energy type covered by your city’s renewable energy or electricity target. Please note the selection you make in this field will define the units used for the entire row of the table. For example, if you select “Total installed capacity of renewable energy (in MW)”, the number provided in for ‘base year renewable energy’ as well as ‘target year renewable energy’ will both be in MW. Please select from the following options:

    • Total installed capacity of renewable energy (in MW);
    • Total installed capacity of renewable electricity (in MW);
    • All renewable energy produced (in MWh);
    • All renewable electricity produced (in MWh);
    • All renewable energy consumed (in MWh);
    • All renewable electricity consumed (in MWh);
    • Other (please specify)

    Base year
    Please enter the appropriate year to the numerical field provided. Your base year (also known as the “representative year”) is the reference year from which your energy or electricity is measured. If you are reporting a target for a specific sector of your city or local government, please provide the base year for that sector.

    Total renewable energy covered by target (in unit specified in ‘Energy / electricity types covered’ field)
    Please enter the numerical value of the total renewable energy covered by the target in the base year field.

    Percentage renewable energy / electricity of total energy or electricity in base year
    Please enter the proportion of total electricity from renewable energy in the base year. For example, your city may have 7% of the total electricity from renewable sources in the base year.

    Target year
    Please enter in numerical form the year by which you anticipate achieving your goal. Please note that the target year cannot be in the past.

    Total renewable energy / electricity covered by target (in unit specified in ‘Energy / electricity types covered’ field)
    Please indicate the total amount of renewable energy / electricity covered by the target in the units specified in the target year.

    Percentage renewable energy / electricity of total energy or electricity in target year
    Please indicate the proportion of total electricity as a percentage from renewable energy sources in the target year.

    Percentage of target achieved so far
    Please enter a numerical value for the percentage of your renewable energy or electricity target that you have achieved since the ‘Target year start’, without commas and without the percentage symbol (%).

    Plans to meet target (include details on types of energy)
    Please be as specific as possible when describing how you are planning to reach your renewable electricity target and do not hesitate to mention or reference any plans or strategies developed to help deliver the target.

    Example Response


    For explanatory purposs, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Scale Energy / electricity types covered by target Base year Total renewable energy / electricity covered by target in base year (in unit specified in column 2) Percentage renewable energy / electricity of total energy or electricity in base year

    City-wide

    Total installed capacity of renewable energy (in MW)

    2000

    25

    20

    Target year Total renewable energy / electricity covered by target in target year (in unit specified in column 2) Percentage renewable energy / electricity of total energy or electricity in target year Percentage of target achieved Plans to meet target (include details on types of energy / electricity)

    2025

    100

    80

    20

    By 2025, the goal is to have 80% of the city’s electricity from renewable sources.


    If Not intending to undertake, or Intending to undertake to 8.0:

    8.0b Please explain why you do not have a renewable energy or electricity target and any plans to introduce one in the future.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reasoning Comment

    Select from:

    • Target already achieved
    • Energy / electricity is not within the city jusisdiction
    • Lack of renewable energy potential within the city
    • Lack of funding
    • The grid is not controlled by the city
    • Renewable energy not prioritized
    • Target is under development / consideration
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    Please give more details on why you do not have a renewable energy or renewable electricity target by selecting a suitable option from the drop down options in the “Reason” field; providing a comment on this selection in the “Comments” field. Such a comment should include information about the barriers that impact each reason, or detail your progress in developing a target and the areas likely to be incorporated within it.


    8.1 Does your city have energy consumption data to report?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No

    If Yes to 8.1:

    8.2 Please indicate the energy mix of electricity consumed in your city.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Energy source Percent

    Coal

    Percentage field

    Gas

    Percentage field

    Oil

    Percentage field

    Nuclear

    Percentage field

    Hydro

    Percentage field

    Biomass

    Percentage field

    Wind

    Percentage field

    Geothermal

    Percentage field

    Solar

    Percentage field

    Other sources

    Percentage field

    Guidance

    The goal of this question is to get a better understanding of the current energy mix of your electricity grid and the contribution made by renewable technologies at the city-wide scale.

    In the first field we have listed the most common sources of energy. Please indicate in the second field the percentage of each energy source constituting your energy mix, where it is applicable. Please ensure that the total percentage entered adds up to 100. If the energy source is not applicable to your electric grid please enter 0.

    Please note: If you do not have data for city-wide energy mix, only for national or local government level, describe this in the comments.

    The energy mix of countries can be found here.

    Example Response

    For explanatory purposes, a sample answer to this question is included below.

    Energy source Percent

    Coal

    20

    Gas

    30

    Oil

    7

    Nuclear

    20

    Hydro

    0

    Biomass

    0

    Wind

    12

    Geothermal

    0

    Solar

    10

    Other sources

    1


    If Yes to 8.1:

    8.3 What scale is the energy mix data reported above?

    Response Options

    Select from:

    • Local government operations energy mix reported
    • City-wide energy mix reported
    • National energy mix reported
    • We do not have access to energy data (please specify)
    • Other

    8.4 What percentage of your city's electricity grid mix is zero carbon? "Zero carbon" may include solar, wind, hydro and other zero carbon generation sources.

    Response Options

    Percentage field.

    Guidance

    This question seeks to understand the city-wide electricity grid mix.


    If Yes to 8.1:

    8.5 How much (in MW capacity) renewable energy is installed within the city boundary in the following categories?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Type MW capacityPlease describe the scale of the energy source

    Renewable district heat/cooling

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Solar PV

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Solar thermal

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Ground or water source

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Wind

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Other: please specify

    Numerical field

    Text field

    Guidance

    The goal of this question is to get a better understanding of the installation of renewable energy across key areas, and the contribution of these installations at the city-wide scale in absolute figures. Renewable technologies use natural energy to make electricity.

    In the first field we have listed the most common sources of energy. Please indicate in the second field the MW capacity of renewable energy installed within the city boundary. If the energy source is not applicable in your electricity grid, please enter 0.


    8.6 Does your city have a target to increase energy efficiency?

    Response Options

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    Investing in energy efficiency can help expand and improve urban services, while contributing to cities’ efforts to be more competitive and address climate change. Energy efficiency policies and investments can curb energy demand growth and emissions growth in the near term while fueling economic growth without compromising goals of greater access to reliable and affordable energy services. Please select from the list of options to indicate whether your city has set a target to improve energy efficiency within the city.


    If Yes to 8.6:

    8.6a Please provide details on your city’s energy efficiency targets.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Scale Energy efficiency type covered by target Base year Total energy consumed/produced covered by target in base year (in unit specified in column 2) Target year
    Select from:
    • City-wide
    • Local government operations
    Select from:
    • Reduce total energy produced (in MWh)
    • Reduce total energy consumed (in MWh)
    • Other
    Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field
    Total energy consumed/produced covered by target in target year (in unit specified in column 2)Percentage of energy efficiency improvement in target year compared to base year levelsPercentage of target achievedPlans to meet target (include details on types of energy in thermal /electricity) Please indicate to which energy sector(s) the target applies (Multiple choice)
    Numerical fieldNumerical fieldNumerical fieldText fieldSelect from:
    • Energy industry
    • Heating and cooling supply
    • Commercial buildings
    • Residential buildings
    • Public facility
    • Industrial facilities
    • Transport
    • Other


    [Add Row]


    If Not intending to undertake, or Intending to undertake to 8.6:

    8.6b Please explain why you do not have an energy efficiency target and any plans to introduce one in the future.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reasoning Comment
    Select from:
    • Target already achieved
    • Energy / electricity is not within the city jurisdiction
    • Lack of renewable energy potential within the city
    • Lack of funding
    • The grid is not controlled by the city
    • Renewable energy not prioritized
    • Target is under development / consideration
    • Other
    Text field

    9. Buildings


    Buildings


    9.0 What is the total tCO2e emissions per capita from existing commercial, institutional and residential buildings in your city?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Total tonnes of CO2e emissions per capita
    CommercialNumerical field
    MunicipalNumerical field
    ResidentialNumerical field
    New buildingsNumerical field
    All building typesNumerical field

    9.1 Does your city have emissions reduction targets OR energy efficiency targets for the following building types?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Emissions reduction target Energy efficiency target

    Commercial

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Municipal

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Residential

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    New buildings

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Select from:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    All building types Select from:


    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Select from:


    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    Indicate whether your city has established targets in reductions in either greenhouse gas emissions or energy use.


    9.2 Does your city have requirements which incentivise net zero carbon, Passivehaus or other ultra-high-efficiency standards for NEW buildings? (requirements can include regulations, codes or planning policy).

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Response Please provide more detail and/or link to more information about the requirements
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Text field

    9.3 Does your city have requirements which incentivises net zero carbon, Passivehaus or other ultra high-efficiency standards for EXISTING buildings? (requirements can include regulations or codes)

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes - it applies only to new buildings
    • Yes - it applies to both new and existing buildings
    • No
    • Do not know

    9.4 What is the total final annual energy use for buildings within your city boundary (aggregated across all fuel types)? (*in USA 'total final energy use' is known as 'site energy use')?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Total final energy use (kWh)

    Commerical

    Numerical field

    Institutional

    Numerical field

    Municipal

    Numerical field

    Residential

    Numerical field

    New Buildings

    Numerical field

    All building types

    Numerical field

    Guidance

    The total final energy use is sometimes referred to as final or delivered energy, and refers to the total energy used in the buildings.


    10. Transport


    Transport


    10.0 Do you have mode share information available to report for the following transport types?

    Response Options

    Select all that apply:

    • Freight transport
    • Passenger transport

    If ‘Passenger transport’ is selected in 10.0:

    10.1 What is the mode share of each transport mode in your city for passenger transport?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Mode share

    Private motorized transport

    Percentage field

    Rail/Metro/Tram

    Percentage field

    Buses (including BRT)

    Percentage field

    Ferries/ River boats

    Percentage field

    Walking

    Percentage field

    Cycling

    Percentage field

    Taxis or For Hire Vehicles

    Percentage field

    Other

    Percentage field

    Guidance

    Indicate what proportion of journeys in your city are taken by each mode of transport. For each mode, please indicate what percentage of total trips are taken by this mode. Ideally this information should come from a single source.

    For each mode, please indicate what percentage of kilometers by mode. The transport department or transit operators are likely to house this data


    If ‘Freight transport’ is selected in 10.0:

    10.2 What is the mode share of each transport mode in your city for freight transport?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Mode share
    Private motorized transport Percentage
    Rail/Metro/Tram Percentage
    Ferries/River boats Percentage
    Other Percentage

    10.3 What are the total number of journeys made in your city each year by each mode below?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Number of journeys made each year

    Private motorized transport

    Numerical field

    Rail/Metro/Tram

    Numerical field

    Buses (including BRT)

    Numerical field

    Ferries/ River boats

    Numerical field

    Walking

    Numerical field

    Cycling

    Numerical field

    Taxis or For Hire Vehicles

    Numerical field

    Other

    Numerical field


    10.4 What are the vehicle kilometres of road goods vehicles travelled in your city?

    Response Options

    Assign numeric response.

    Guidance

    This question aims to understand how many kilometres are travelled by road goods vehicles in your city annually. Please provide a breakdown by light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.


    10.5 Please provide the total fleet size and number of vehicle types for the following modes of transport.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Number of private cars Number of buses Number of municipal fleet (excluding buses) Number of freight vehicles Number of taxis Transport Network Companies (e.g. Uber, Lyft) fleet size Customer-drive carshares (e.g. Car2Go, Drivenow) fleet size

    Total fleet size

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Electric

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Hybrid

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Plug in hybrid

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Hydrogen

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Numerical field

    Guidance

    A private vehicle is a road motor vehicle, other than a moped or a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).

    Municipal fleet can include sedans, special use vehicles like police cars and vans etc.

    A freight vehicle is a road vehicle designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods. Included are:

    • Light goods road vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 3 500 kg, designed exclusively or primarily, to carry goods, e.g. vans and pick-ups;
    • Heavy goods road vehicles with a gross vehicle weight above 3 500 kg, designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods;
    • Road tractors;
    • Agricultural tractors permitted to use roads open to public traffic.

    10.6 How many buses has your city procured in the last year?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Number of buses

    Total number of buses

    Numerical field

    Electric

    Numerical field

    Hybrid

    Numerical field

    Plug-in hybrid

    Numerical field

    Hydrogen

    Numerical field

    Diesel Numerical field
    CNG Numerical field

    Guidance

    Indicate the number of buses procured in the last year and the break down by technology.


    10.7 Do you have a low or zero-emission zone in your city? (i.e. an area that disincentivises fossil fuel vehicles)

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    Here is an example of a low emission zone https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone

    London are also introducing an Ultra Low Emission Zone https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone


    If Yes is to 10.7:

    10.7a Please provide more details about the zero emissions zone.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Size (sq. km) Stipulations and any plans to expand

    Numerical field

    Text field


    10.8 Do you have a loading / unloading Restricted Zone for Logistics? If yes, please provide more detail about the Restricted zone.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Response Size and stipulations in terms of access restriction by weight, by engine type, by height, etc. Please provide more detail about the Restricted zone
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Text field Text field

    10.9 How many public access EV charging points do you have in your city for the following types:

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    EV charging point type Number of charging points
    Rapid 43 kw and above Numerical field
    Fast 7-22kw Numerical field
    Slow 3kw or below Numerical field
    All types Numerical field

    10.11 Does your city collect air quality data?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    If Yes to 10.11:

    10.12 What is the most recent calendar year for which you have air quality data?

    Response Options

    Numerical field



    10.13 (This question has been removed)


    If Yes to 10.11:

    10.14 How many instances of exceeding your city’s Air Quality Index standards for the Air Quality Index (AQI) has your city experienced ?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Number of days exceeding your city’s Air Quality Index standards Unit
    Numerical field Select from:
    • Times/month
    • Times/year

    If Yes to 10.11:

    10.15 Please provide the daily and annual average concentrations average breakdown of the following air pollutants gases within your city wide:

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Min daily average concentrationMax daily average concentrationAnnual average concentrationUnits% completeness of data (e.g. % of days with monitoring)Comments
    Particulate matter PM2.5*Numerical fieldNumerical field Numerical field Text fieldText fieldText field
    Particulate matter PM10*Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Text fieldText fieldText field
    Carbon monoxide (CO)*Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Text fieldText fieldText field
    Nitrogen dioxides (NO2x) *Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Text fieldText fieldText field
    Sulphur dioxides (SO2x) *Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Text fieldText fieldText field
    Ozone (O3)Numerical field Numerical field Numerical field Text fieldText fieldText field

    10.16 Please indicate if your city currently has any programs or projects to improve air quality.

    Response Options

    This is an open text question.

    Please note that when copying from another document into the disclosure platform, formatting is not retained.


    11. Urban Planning


    Urban Planning


    11.0 What is the size of your city’s park space in square km?

    Response Options

    Numerical field.

    Guidance

    Please provide the size of total park area in your city, which can include community gardens and cemeteries, in square kilometres.


    11.1 What percentage of your population lives within 500m of a public transport stop?

    Response Options

    Percentage field.

    Guidance

    For this question, please only consider public transport stops that have frequent service at rush hour. The transit mode can be of any type (heavy rail, light rail, BRT, bus, cable-propelled transit, ferry, etc.). Using demographic data and a GIS layer of public transport stops, please estimate the percentage of the city’s population that lives within 500 meters of transit stops that receive frequent service at rush hour.


    12. Food


    Food


    12.0 How many meals per year are served through programs managed by your city? (this includes schools, canteens, hospitals etc.)

    Response Options

    Numerical field.

    Guidance

    Food public procurement relates to both the purchasing of (raw) food and the contracting out of catering services fully or in parts by public authorities. It applies to different settings and venues such as hospitals, care homes, armed forces, prisons, and canteens in governmental buildings and of course education settings including universities and public schools. Please provide the number of meals served per year by municipal public bodies or by catering services fully or in part contracted out by your city.


    12.1 How many tonnes of food are produced within your city's boundaries each year?

    Response Options

    Numerical field.

    Guidance

    This is the amount of human or animal edible products grown or directly sourced within your city. This doesn’t include foods produced externally but packaged within the city. This refers to anything produced within the geographical boundary of your city. Please report in metric tonnes. Examples of such growing may be on urban farms, green roofs, allotments, domestic window boxes.


    12.2 What is the per capita meat consumption (kg) in your city?

    Response Options

    Numerical field.

    12.3 What is the per capita dairy consumption (kg/yr) in your city?

    Response Options

    Numerical field


    12.4 Does your city have any policies relating to food consumption within your city? If so, please describe the expected outcome of the policy.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Response Please describe the expected outcome of the policy
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Text field

    12.5 Do you have any incentives/tax/bans on a food item or food advertising in your city?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    ResponsePlease provide more detail about the incentives/tax/bans
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Text field

    13. Waste


    Waste


    13.0 What is the annual solid waste generation in your city?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Amount
    Total solid waste generation (kg/year)Numerical field
    Waste generation per capita (kg/person/year)Numerical field

    13.1 How much of the solid waste generated in your city is disposed to landfill or incineration (tonnes/year)?

    Response Options

    Numerical field


    13.2 What percentage of the solid waste generated in your city is diverted away from landfill or incineration?

    Response Options

    Numerical field


    13.3 What is the amount of your city’s total solid waste collected for each of the following sectors (tonnes/year)?

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Amount of total solid waste collected (tonnes/year)

    Total

    Numerical field

    Residential

    Numerical field

    Commercial

    Numerical field

    Industrial Numerical field
    Construction and demolition waste Numerical field
    Other Numerical field

    13.4 What is the amount of solid waste being treated (tonnes/year) via:

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Waste treatment Tonnes/year
    Re-use Numerical field
    Recycling Numerical field
    Composting Numerical field
    Anaerobic digestion Numerical field
    Incineration or other form of thermal treatment Numerical field
    Open burning Numerical field
    Sanitary landfill Numerical field
    Non-sanitary landfill Numerical field
    Other Numerical field

    13.5 Please provide a waste composition analysis.

    Response Options

    Please attach the relevant document here.


    13.6 Has your city implemented material restriction policies or regulations for consumer materials like single use plastics, disposable straws, disposable containers, etc.? If so, please specify.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    ResponsePlease provide more detail about the restriction policies or regulations
    Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Text field

    14. Water Security


    Water Supply


    14.0 What are the sources of your city's water supply?

    Response options

    Select all that apply:

    • Surface water
    • Ground water
    • Desalinated seawater
    • Recycled / reclaimed water
    • Rainwater
    • Other source

    Guidance

    Please select the most relevant options for sources of your city’s water supply

    • Surface water refers to lakes, rivers, reservoirs, etc.
    • Ground water refers to water that is stored in aquifers underground.
    • Desalinated seawater is seawater that has been treated to remove the salt and make it safe for human consumption.
    • Recycled / reclaimed water is wastewater that has been collected and treated to make it safe for either non-human uses (such as washing, toilets, for animals, etc.) or - in some cases - for human consumption.
    • Rainwater may be collected in water butts and cisterns for non-human uses, or treated for human use.

    14.1 Where does the water used to supply your city come from?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • From a river basin within the city boundary
    • From adjacent river basins (by water transfer schemes) outside the city boundary
    • Other
    • Do not know

    14.2 What percentage of your city's population has potable water supply service?

    Response options

    Percentage field.

    Guidance

    The proportion of the city’s resident population that has clean drinkable water available, at least 20 litres of safe water per day per person, either directly within their home, or within access across a very short distance, no further than 200 meters from the home.


    14.3 Are you aware of any substantive current or future risks to your city’s water supply?

    Response options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know

    Guidance

    This question asks you to consider risks to the city’s water supply. These risks may or may not be caused or exacerbated by climate change. Consider risks that stem from physical impacts as well as those that may result from regulatory, economic or social settings.


    If Yes to 14.3:

    14.3a Please identify the risks to your city’s water supply as well as the timescale and level of risk.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Risks Timescale Magnitude Risk description

    Select from:

    • Increased water stress
    • Increased water scarcity
    • Declining water quality
    • Inadequate or ageing infrastructure
    • Higher water prices
    • Regulatory
    • Increased water demand
    • Drought
    • Energy supply issues
    • Rationing of municipal water supply
    • Severe weather events
    • Change in land-use

    Select from:

    • Current
    • Short-term
    • Medium-term
    • Long-term

    Select from:

    • Extremely serious
    • Serious
    • Less Serious

    Text field

    [Add Row]

    Guidance

    This question is structured as a table. Multiple rows can be entered into the table using the ‘Add Row’ button to the bottom right of the table.

    Risks to water supply
    This question asks you to identify the risk to your water supply. The field provides a drop down list of options from which to select. The values are:

    • Increased water stress;
    • Increased water scarcity;
    • Declining water quality;
    • Inadequate or ageing infrastructure;
    • Higher water prices;
    • Regulatory;
    • Increased water demand;
    • Drought;
    • Energy supply issues;
    • Rationing of municipal water supply;
    • Severe weather events;
    • Change in land-use.

    Timescale
    The table offers four choices for timescale:

    • Current - if your city is already experiencing the identified risk to water supply.
    • Short term - if you anticipate your city will experience the identified risk to water supply by 2025.
    • Medium term - if you anticipate your city will experience the identified risk to water supply between 2026 and 2050.
    • Long term - if you anticipate your city will experience the identified risk to water supply after 2051

    Magnitude
    This question asks cities to assess the seriousness of the risks to their water supply. The categories of risk are general and the levels of seriousness are broad so cities should make choices based on their own assumptions or assessments. Three options are available to describe the level of risk:

    • Extremely serious: If you anticipate the risk to your water supply poses the highest level of potential concern to your city. For example, you might choose this option if fresh water resources around your city are projected to be depleted in a short timeframe.
    • Serious: If you anticipate that the expected effect of climate change to the risk to your water supply poses a significant level of concern to your city. For example, you might choose this option if your city expects high costs or significant disruption of city operations due to water supply issues.
    • Less serious: If you anticipate the risk to your water supply is of a lower level of concern. For example they may cause minor disruptions to city services, or reduce the ability to maintain sports fields.

    Risk description
    The final field of the table gives you an opportunity to comment on the risks you have identified.


    If No to 14.3:

    14.3b Please explain why you do not consider your city to be exposed to any substantive water-related risk.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Explanation

    Select from:

    • City water supply is secure
    • Risks are not substantive
    • No assessment of water risks undertaken
    • Other

    Text field

    Guidance

    This question gives you the opportunity to explain why your city does not face future risks to its water supply and your process for evaluating current or future risks.

    Please give more details on why your city does not face future risks to its water supply and your process for evaluating current or future risks by selecting a suitable option from the drop down options in the “Reason” field; providing a comment on this selection in the “Comments” field.


    Water Supply Management


    If Yes to 14.3:

    14.4 Please select the actions you are taking to reduce the risks to your city’s water supply.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table.You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Risks Adaptation action Status of action Action description and implementation progress

    Populated from 14.3a

    Select from:

    • Conservation awareness and education
    • Conservation incentives
    • Water use restrictions
    • Efficiency regulations or standards
    • Water metering
    • Municipal water efficiency retrofits
    • Diversifying water supply (including new sources)
    • Investment in existing water supply infrastructure
    • Use of non-potable water outside
    • Use of non-potable water indoors (within building)
    • Watershed preservation
    • Stormwater management (natural or man-made infrastructure)
    • Nature-based solution
    • Water recycling/reclamation
    • Other
    Select from:
    • Scoping
    • Pre-feasibility stufy
    • Pre-implementation
    • Implementation
    • Implementation complete but not in operation
    • Operation
    • Monitoring and reporting

    Text field

    [Add Row]


    14.5 Does your city have a publicly available Water Resource Management strategy?

    Response Options

    Select one of the following options:

    • Yes
    • In progress
    • Intending to undertake in the the next 2 years
    • Not intending to undertake

    If Yes to 14.5:

    14.5a Please provide more information on your city’s public Water Resource Management strategy.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

    Publication title and attach document Year of adoption from local government Web link Does this strategy include Sanitation services? Stage of implementation
    Text field and attachment function Numerical field Text field Select from:
    • Yes
    • No
    • Do not know
    Select from:
    • Plan in development
    • Plan developed but not implemented
    • Plan in implementation
    • Implementation complete
    • Measurement in progress
    • Plan update in progress
    • Other

    [Add Row]


    If No to 14.5:

    14.5b Please explain why your city does not have a public Water Resource Management strategy.

    Response Options

    Please complete the following table:

    Reason Explanation
    Select from:
    • Water Resource Management is not a priority for the city
    • Lack of funding/resources
    • Lack of knowledge
    • Water Resource Management is covered in other plans
    • Other
    Text field

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    Appendices


    Appendix A: Currency


    AED United Arab Emirates dirham

    AFN Afghani

    ALL Lek

    AMD Armenian Dram

    ANG Netherlands Antillian Guilder

    AOA Kwanza

    ARS Argentine Peso

    AUD Australian Dollar

    AWG Aruban Guilder

    AZN Azerbaijanian Manat

    BAM Convertible Marks

    BBD Barbados Dollar

    BDT Bangladeshi Taka

    BGN Bulgarian Lev

    BHD Bahraini Dinar

    BIF Burundian Franc

    BMD Bermudian Dollar (customarily known as Bermuda Dollar)

    BND Brunei Dollar

    BOB Boliviano

    BOV Bolivian Mvdol (Funds code)

    BRL Brazilian Real

    BSD Bahamian Dollar

    BTN Ngultrum

    BWP Pula

    BYR Belarussian Ruble

    BZD Belize Dollar

    CAD Canadian Dollar

    CDF Franc Congolais

    CHE WIR Euro (complementary currency)

    CHF Swiss Franc

    CHW WIR Franc (complementary currency)

    CLF Unidades de formento (Funds code)

    CLP Chilean Peso

    CNY Yuan Renminbi

    COP Colombian Peso

    COU Unidad de Valor Real

    CRC Costa Rican Colon

    CUP Cuban Peso

    CVE Cape Verde Escudo

    CYP Cyprus Pound

    CZK Czech Koruna

    DJF Djibouti Franc

    DKK Danish Krone

    DOP Dominican Peso

    DZD Algerian Dinar

    EEK Kroon

    EGP Egyptian Pound

    ERN Nakfa

    ETB Ethiopian Birr

    EUR Euro

    FJD Fiji Dollar

    FKP Falkland Islands Pound

    GBP Pound Sterling

    GEL Lari

    GHS Cedi

    GIP Gibraltar pound

    GMD Dalasi

    GNF Guinea Franc

    GTQ Quetzal

    GYD Guyana Dollar

    HKD Hong Kong Dollar

    HNL Lempira

    HRK Croatian Kuna

    HTG Haiti Gourde

    HUF Forint

    IDR Rupiah

    ILS New Israeli Shekel

    INR Indian Rupee

    IQD Iraqi Dinar

    IRR Iranian Rial

    ISK Iceland Krona

    JMD Jamaican Dollar

    JOD Jordanian Dinar

    JPY Japanese yen

    KES Kenyan Shilling

    KGS Som

    KHR Riel

    KMF Comoro Franc

    KPW North Korean Won

    KRW South Korean Won

    KWD Kuwaiti Dinar

    KYD Cayman Islands Dollar

    KZT Tenge

    LAK Kip

    LBP Lebanese Pound

    LKR Sri Lanka Rupee

    LRD Liberian Dollar

    LSL Loti

    LTL Lithuanian Litas

    LVL Latvian Lats

    LYD Libyan Dinar

    MAD Moroccan Dirham

    MDL Moldovan Leu

    MGA Malagasy Ariary

    MKD Denar

    MMK Kyat

    MNT Tugrik

    MOP Pataca

    MRO Ouguiya

    MTL Maltese Lira

    MUR Mauritius Rupee

    MVR Rufiyaa

    MWK Kwacha

    MXN Mexican Peso

    MXV Mexican Unidad de Inversion (UDI) (Funds code)

    MYR Malaysian Ringgit

    MZN Metical

    NAD Namibian Dollar

    NGN Naira

    NIO Cordoba Oro

    NOK Norwegian Krone

    NPR Nepalese Rupee

    NZD New Zealand Dollar

    OMR Rial Omani

    PAB Balboa

    PEN Nuevo Sol

    PGK Kina

    PHP Philippine Peso

    PKR Pakistan Rupee

    PLN Zloty

    PYG Guarani

    QAR Qatari Rial

    RON Romanian New Leu

    RSD Serbian Dinar

    RUB Russian Ruble

    RWF Rwanda Franc

    SAR Saudi Riyal

    SBD Solomon Islands Dollar

    SCR Seychelles Rupee

    SDG Sudanese Pound

    SEK Swedish Krona

    SGD Singapore Dollar

    SHP Saint Helena Pound

    SKK Slovak Koruna

    SLL Leone

    SOS Somali Shilling

    SRD Surinam Dollar

    STD Dobra

    SYP Syrian Pound

    SZL Lilangeni

    THB Baht

    TJS Somoni

    TMM Manat

    TND Tunisian Dinar

    TOP Pa'anga

    TRY New Turkish Lira

    TTD Trinidad and Tobago Dollar

    TWD New Taiwan Dollar

    TZS Tanzanian Shilling

    UAH Hryvnia

    UGX Uganda Shilling

    USD US Dollar

    UYU Peso Uruguayo

    UZS Uzbekistan Som

    VEB Venezuelan bolívar

    VND Vietnamese đồng

    VUV Vatu

    WST Samoan Tala

    XAF CFA Franc BEAC

    XAG Silver (one Troy ounce)

    XAU Gold (one Troy ounce)

    XBA European Composite Unit (EURCO) (Bonds market unit)

    XBB European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.-6) (Bonds market unit)


    Appendix B: Actions to reduce vulnerability


    No action currently taken

    Flood mapping

    Heat mapping and thermal imaging

    Landslide risk mapping

    Sea level rise modelling

    Biodiversity monitoring

    Real time risk monitoring

    Crisis management including warning and evacuation systems

    Public preparedness (including practice exercises/drills)

    Community engagement/education

    Projects and policies targeted at those most vulnerable

    Testing/vaccination programmes for vector-borne disease

    Disease prevention measures

    Air quality initiatives

    Incorporating climate change into long-term planning documents

    Restrict development in at risk areas

    Resilience and resistance measures for buildings

    Hazard resistant infrastructure design and construction

    Diversifying power/energy supply

    Economic diversification measures

    Flood defences – development and operation & storage

    Storm water capture systems

    Additional reservoirs and wells for water storage

    Soil retention strategies

    Tree planting and/or creation of green space

    Green roofs/walls

    White roofs

    Shading in public spaces, markets

    Cooling systems for critical infrastructure

    Retrofit of existing buildings

    Cooling centers, pools, water parks/plazas

    Cool pavement

    Water extraction protection

    Promoting low flow technologies

    Water butts/rainwater capture

    Xeriscapes – low water landscaping design

    Maintenance/repair – leaking infrastructure

    Optimizing delivery fuel mix of water supply

    Improve water supply distribution method

    Promoting and incentivizing water efficiency

    Water use restrictions and standards

    Water efficient equipment and appliances

    Water smart metering

    Water use audits

    Awareness campaign/education to reduce water use

    Diversification of water supply

    Increasing use of desalination

    Nature based solutions for water

    Other<


    Appendix C: Fuel Type


    Natural gas

    Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

    Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

    Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

    Methane

    Butane

    Propane

    Town gas or city gas

    Coal (Bituminous or Black coal)

    Coking coal

    Crude oil

    Diesel/Gas oil

    Motor gasoline (petrol)

    Aviation gasoline

    Jet gasoline

    Jet kerosene

    Kerosene

    Residual fuel oil

    Distillate fuel oil No 1

    Distillate fuel oil No 2

    Distillate fuel oil No 3

    Distillate fuel oil No 4

    Distillate fuel oil No 5

    Distillate fuel oil No 6

    Liquified petroleum gas (LPG)

    Naptha

    Bitumen

    Petroleum coke

    Wood or wood waste

    Biodiesel

    Biogasoline

    Ethanol

    E85

    Other liquid biofuel

    Landfill gas

    Other biogas

    Waste (municipal)

    Other


    Appendix D: City-wide emissions reduction activities


    Buildings > Building codes and standards

    Buildings > Building performance rating and reporting

    Buildings > Carbon emissions reduction from industry

    Buildings > Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures

    Buildings > On-site renewable energy generation

    Buildings > Switching to low-carbon fuels

    Community-Scale Development > Brownfield redevelopment programs

    Community-Scale Development > Building standards

    Community-Scale Development > Compact cities

    Community-Scale Development > Eco-district development strategy

    Community-Scale Development > Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion

    Community-Scale Development > Low carbon industrial zones

    Community-Scale Development > Transit oriented development

    Community-Scale Development > Urban agriculture

    Energy Supply > Low or zero carbon energy supply generation

    Energy Supply > Optimize traditional power/ energy production

    Energy Supply > Smart grid

    Energy Supply > Transmission and distribution loss reduction

    Finance and Economic Development > Developing the green economy

    Finance and Economic Development > Instruments to fund low carbon projects

    Finance and Economic Development > Low-carbon industrial zones

    Food and Agriculture > Encourage sustainable food production and consumption

    Mass Transit > Improve bus infrastructure, services, and operations

    Mass Transit > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail

    Mass Transit > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from ferries

    Mass Transit > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from trucks

    Mass Transit > Improve rail, metro, and tram infrastructure, services and operations

    Mass Transit > Smart public transport

    Outdoor Lighting > LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies

    Outdoor Lighting > Smart lighting

    Private Transport > Awareness and education for non-motorized transport

    Private Transport > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from aviation

    Private Transport > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles

    Private Transport > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from trucks (private)

    Private Transport > Improve the efficiency of freight systems

    Private Transport > Improve the operations of shipping ports

    Private Transport > Infrastructure for non-motorized transport

    Private Transport > Transportation demand management

    Waste > Improve the efficiency of long-haul transport

    Waste > Improve the efficiency of waste collection

    Waste > Landfill management

    Waste > Recyclables and organics separation from other waste

    Waste > Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities

    Waste > Waste prevention policies and programs

    Water > Wastewater to energy initiatives

    Water > Water metering and billing

    Water > Water recycling and reclamation

    Water > Water use efficiency projects


    Appendix E: Action area sectors


    Energy

    Transport (Mobility)

    Building and Infrastructure

    Industry

    ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

    Spatial Planning

    Agriculture and Forestry

    Fishery

    Water

    Waste

    Public Health and Safety

    Business and Financial Service

    Social Services



    Appendix F: Means of implementation


    Education

    Capacity building and training activities

    Awareness raising program or campaign

    Stakeholder engagement

    Infrastructure development

    Assessment and evaluation activities

    Monitor activities

    Verification activities

    Development and implementation of action plan

    Policy and regulation

    Financial mechanism

    Sustainable public procurement


    Appendix G: Climate hazards


    Extreme Precipitation > Rain storm

    Extreme Precipitation > Monsoon

    Extreme Precipitation > Heavy snow

    Extreme Precipitation > Fog

    Extreme Precipitation > Hail

    Storm and wind > Severe wind

    Storm and wind > Tornado

    Storm and wind > Cyclone (Hurricane / Typhoon)

    Storm and wind > Extra tropical storm

    Storm and wind > Tropical storm

    Storm and wind > Storm surge

    Storm and wind > Lightning / thunderstorm

    Extreme cold temperature > Extreme winter conditions

    Extreme cold temperature > Cold wave

    Extreme cold temperature > Extreme cold days

    Extreme hot temperature > Heat wave

    Water Scarcity > Drought

    Wild fire > Forest fire

    Wild fire > Land fire

    Flood and sea level rise > Flash / surface flood

    Flood and sea level rise > River flood

    Flood and sea level rise > Coastal flood

    Flood and sea level rise > Groundwater flood

    Flood and sea level rise > Permanent inundation

    Chemical change > Salt water intrusion

    Chemical change > Ocean acidification

    Chemical change > Atmospheric CO2 concentrations

    Mass movement > Landslide

    Mass movement > Avalanche

    Mass movement > Rock fall

    Mass movement > Subsidence

    Biological hazards > Water-borne disease

    Biological hazards > Vector-borne disease

    Biological hazards > Air-borne disease

    Biological hazards > Insect infestation


    Appendix H: Co-benefit area


    Disaster Risk Reduction

    Enhanced resilience

    Disaster preparedness

    Enhanced climate change adaptation

    Reduced GHG emissions

    Improved resource efficiency (e.g. food, water, energy)

    Poverty reduction/eradication

    Social inclusion, social justice

    Social community and labour improvements

    Greening the economy

    Economic growth

    Promote circular economy

    Job creation

    Improved resource quality (e.g. air, water)

    Improved public health

    Improved resource security (e.g. food, water, energy)

    Security of tenure

    Resource conservation (e.g. soil, water)

    Ecosystem preservation and biodiversity improvement

    Improved access to and quality of mobility services and infrastructure

    Shift to more sustainable behaviours

    Improved access to data for informed decision-making


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