CDP-ICLEI Track

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Introduction

Introduction to 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track

• 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Questionnaire: We invite you to respond to the following questions of the 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track questionnaire. Responding jurisdictions will only have to report once per year, on one platform, to the following questions.
• CDP and ICLEI: CDP will use this climate data to provide insights for local and regional jurisdictions, allowing them to track their progress, benchmark their efforts with their peers and drive further action. ICLEI will support subnational jurisdictions with technical assistance and use this data to guide climate action, inform research and analysis activities and represent subnational jurisdictions in global advocacy forums to showcase local and regional climate leadership.
• Online Response System: Please report using CDP’s Online Response System (ORS), accessed via CDP’s website or the activation link you will receive. The User Guide shows all the possible question types that responding jurisdictions may encounter in the ORS. Please note, you must submit your response in the ORS, the system cannot accept responses provided in other formats (i.e., PDF or Word documents).
• Personal Data: It is important that you do not include the name of any individual or any other personal data in your response. For questions that ask for the positions of staff, out of respect for personal data privacy we are asking only for the position and not for the individual’s name or any other information relating to them.
• Additional Information: At the end of the questionnaire, there is an opportunity to provide additional information or context that you feel is relevant to your response. This field is optional and not scored.
• Data Quality: To enhance data quality and support analysis please note:
  • Any quantifiable data must be reported in the units stated in the column/question.
  • Numbers in your response must be reported in a way that matches the cultural setting selected on your My Account page. When inputted in the ORS, numbers will be displayed in a format specific to the cultural setting selected. The cultural setting determines which decimal separator or group separator is used, i.e. a decimal point or comma. For further information please see the User Guide.

Support and Resources

• 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Changes Map: The 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Changes Map provides an outline of key changes to the questions that comprise the questionnaire and further detail on the auto-population of previously reported data. Ensuring the reporting effort is not increased has been a priority consideration for the development of 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track, with any changes made to ease reporting, improve data quality, and reflect best practice on climate action.
• 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Reporting Guidance: The 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Reporting Guidance describes what information to provide, the required format, and where to find tools or further information to construct your answer. It can be accessed on the linked guidance page. Additional reporting guidance is available within the Online Reporting System by clicking on the help icon accompanying each question and through the expandable link below each question.
• Framework and Initiative Alignment: The 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Framework Alignment Map provides an overview of the frameworks the questionnaire is aligned with and maps each question to the applicable framework. 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track is aligned with the reporting requirements of several frameworks and initiatives including the Global Covenant of Mayors Common Reporting Framework (CRF), the UNFCCC's campaigns Race to Resilience and Race to Zero, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Sustainable Development Goals, ICLEI initiatives, C40 Cities, WWF One Planet City Challenge, and the NetZeroCities Initiative.
  • For 2023, CDP-ICLEI Track will be aligning with the complete set of reporting requirements of the newly published Global Covenant of Mayors Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (EAPP) in the Common Reporting Framework. See the Global Covenant of Mayors Common Reporting Framework webpage for the most up to date information on the Energy Access and Poverty Pillar.
• TCFD Guidance Note: The Guidance Note on the TCFD Recommendations for City, State, and Regional Governments provides an overview of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the benefits of reporting against the TCFD recommendations, and maps the recommendations against the questionnaire.
• Accompanying Symbols: For certain columns and/or rows the symbol ^ will be presented, this is to indicate that the applicable column and/or row is a reporting requirement for the Global Covenant of Mayors Common Reporting Framework (CRF). For certain rows and/or columns the * symbol will be presented, this is to indicate that the presentation of the applicable column and/or row is dependent on an earlier selection within the question. The typical function of this is to present columns and/or rows of relevance where the responder has indicated that the data for the applicable field is available to report.
• Open Data Portal: The Open Data Portal (ODP) is an online data resource that allows the public to view all data publicly reported to CDP from cities, states and regions. Visualizations of data reported in previous years can be found here.

Feedback and Contact

• Feedback: You can provide feedback on the content of our questionnaires and supporting documents through our online Questionnaire Feedback Form. The Questionnaire Feedback Form is available year-round and in multiple languages which can be changed using the language selection tool. We are unable to respond individually to all feedback, but please be assured that all form submissions are reviewed and contribute towards our continuous improvement.
• Contact: If you require further support for questions that are not addressed in the reporting guidance, for accessing the Online Reporting System or for general inquiries, please visit the CDP Help Centre or get in touch with your regional contact:
  • Asia Pacific: [email protected]
  • Europe: [email protected]
  • UK, Africa, Middle East, Caucasus: [email protected]
  • Latin America, Caribbean: [email protected]
  • North America: [email protected]
• The ICLEI network can email [email protected]. C40 Cities can contact their regional director or [email protected] for help in compiling their response.

Questionnaire Pathways

• 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track is divided into three distinct pathways. These three pathways streamline reporting, allowing local jurisdictions to find the most appropriate questionnaire for their local context.
• Respondents will be recommended a pathway during the questionnaire activation process based upon their response to three jurisdictional attributes. Jurisdicitons are provided the flexibility to change their pathway if required. They can also return to their dashboard and change the pathway selected at any point prior to submitting the response.
• An increase in the pathway number is accompanied by an increase in the number of questions.
• The pathway selected does not affect meeting the reporting requirements of the projects and initiatives the jurisdiction is participating in and it does not affect CDP scoring or Global Covenant of Mayors badging.
• An overview of each pathway is provided in the table below. The complete breakdown can be viewed in the Questionnaire Pathway Map and further information can be found in the Questionnaire Pathways Guidance Note.

• As your jurisdiction is participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors you may be presented with additional questions (based on the new Energy Access and Poverty Pillar) and columns (indicated by the ^ symbol), dependent on the questionnaire pathway selected. This is to ensure your response aligns with the reporting requirements of GCoM's Common Reporting Framework. Please refer to the Questionnaire Pathway Map for further information.

• As your jurisdiction is participating in ICLEI's GreenClimateCities Program you may be presented with additional questions and/or columns, dependent on the questionnaire pathway selected. This is to ensure your response aligns with the reporting requirements of the GreenClimateCities Program. Please refer to the Questionnaire Pathway Map for further information.

• As your jurisdiction is participating in The 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network you may be presented with additional questions and/or columns, dependent on the questionnaire pathway selected. This is to ensure your response aligns with the reporting requirements of The 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network. Please refer to the Questionnaire Pathway Map for further information.

• As your jurisdiction is participating in ICLEI EcoMobility and/or EcoLogistics you may be presented with additional questions, dependent on the questionnaire pathway selected. This is to ensure your response aligns with the reporting requirements of the EcoMobility and/or EcoLogistics programs. Please refer to the Questionnaire Pathway Map for further information.

Acknowledgements

CDP and ICLEI would like to thank all entities that assisted in the development of 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track.

Module: Governance

Demographic/Geographic Data

(0.1) Provide details of your jurisdiction in the table below.

Change from Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation, Mitigation, Energy Access and Poverty Pillars^
• NetZeroCities: Required
• Race to Resilience
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Oversight

(0.2) Provide information on your jurisdiction’s oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities and how these issues have impacted your jurisdiction's planning.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• TCFD: Governance (Disclosure A & B), Strategy (Disclosure A & Disclosure B)
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required (column 1)
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13, SDG16, SDG17

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Opportunities and Equity

(0.3) Report how your jurisdiction assesses the wider environmental, social and economic opportunities and benefits of climate action.

Change From Last Year

Modified question

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• TCFD: Strategy (Disclosure A)
• Race to Resilience
• Race to Zero
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required (columns 1-4); Recommended (column 5)
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG1, SDG10

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Multilevel Governance

(0.4) Report on your engagement with other levels of government regarding your jurisdiction's climate action.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Race to Resilience
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG17

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.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

[Add Row]

Collaborative Actions

(0.5) Report your jurisdiction's most significant examples of collaboration with government, business, and/or civil society on climate-related issues.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG17

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.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Module: Assessment

Climate Risk and Vulnerability

(1.1) Has a climate risk and vulnerability assessment been undertaken for your jurisdiction? If not, please indicate why.

Change From Last Year

No change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar^
• TCFD: Risk Management (Disclosure A)
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

• Yes, a climate risk and vulnerability assessment has been undertaken
• No, but we are currently undertaking one and it will be complete in the next year
• No, but we are intending to undertake one in the next two years
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of financial capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of expertise/technical capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of financial capacity and expertise/technical capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to other higher priorities
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to a reason not listed above, please specify

(1.1a) Provide details on your climate risk and vulnerability assessment.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes, a climate risk and vulnerability assessment has been undertaken’ is selected in response to 1.1.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Columns 1-5
• Pathway 2 and 3: Columns 1-7

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar^
• TCFD: Risk Management (Disclosure A, B, C)
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required (columns 1 - 5)
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG1, SDG11, SDG13

Global Covenant of Mayors

• Cities participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors will be presented with the complete question.

GreenClimateCities Program

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with the complete question.

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.

[Add Row]

Climate hazards

(1.2) Provide details on the most significant climate hazards faced by your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Columns 1-5
• Pathway 2 and 3: Columns 1-11

Global Covenant of Mayors

• Cities participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors will be presented with the complete question.

GreenClimateCities Program

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with the complete question.

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar^
• TCFD: Strategy (Disclosure A & B), Metrics and targets (Disclosure A)
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG1, SDG11, SDG13

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.

(Columns 2 -11 are only presented if a climate-related hazards is selected in column 1.)

[Add Row]

(1.3) Identify and describe the most significant factors impacting on your jurisdiction’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar^
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

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

Community-wide Emissions Inventory Methodology

(2.1) Does your jurisdiction have a community-wide emissions inventory to report?

Change From Last Year

No change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation Pillar^
• TCFD: Metrics and Targets (Disclosure B)
• NetZeroCities: Required
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

Response Options

Select from:

• Yes
• No, but we are currently undertaking one and it will be complete in the next year
• No, but we are intending to undertake one in the next two years
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of financial capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of expertise/technical capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of financial capacity and expertise/technical capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to other higher priorities
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to a reason not listed above, please specify

(2.1a) Provide information on and an attachment (in spreadsheet format) /direct link to your main community-wide GHG emissions inventory.

Please provide information on your current primary emissions inventory, i.e. that which represents the largest proportion of your community-wide emissions. You are able to add additional/historical inventories in a separate column.

Change From Last Year

Modified question (merged with 2022 2.1b)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes’ is selected in response to 2.1

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3 (columns 1-9, 13)
• Columns 10-13 and 14 are initiative-specific

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation Pillar^
• TFCD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure B)
• NetZeroCities: Required
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required (columns 1-6, 8, 10, 11, 14); Recommended (columns 7, 9, 12, 13)
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

GreenClimateCities Program

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with the complete question.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. Provide information on your current primary emissions inventory (you may add additional/historical inventories in a separate column).

Community-wide Emissions Inventory Data

(2.1b) Provide a breakdown of your community-wide emissions by scope. If the inventory has been developed using the Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC) you will also be requested to provide a breakdown by sector.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 2.1c)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if you are reporting emissions in any format other than the format of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework (CRF)

• If you are reporting in any format other than the CRF, you will be presented with scopes 1, 2 and 3 (rows 1- 4)
• If you are reporting in the format of the GPC, you may also be presented with GPC defined sectors (rows 5 – 17)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Rows 1-4 (Scope)
• Pathway 2 and 3: Rows 1-17 (Complete question)

GreenClimateCities Program

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with the complete question.

Global Covenant of Mayors

• Cities participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors will not be presented with this question and will requested to report their emissions in the format of the Common Reporting Framework (2.1c).

Connection to Other Frameworks

• TFCD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure B)
• NetZeroCities: Required
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG13

Response Options

Please complete the following table. If your jurisdiction uses the City Inventory Reporting and Information System (CIRIS) or ClimateOS (ClimateView) tools for managing and reporting emissions inventory data, you can import your response data for selected questions for this question. Further guidance on how to import can be accessed here. Please ensure all reported emissions data is in metric tonnes CO2e.

If the inventory has been developed using the Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC):

(2.1c) Provide a breakdown of your community-wide emissions in the format of the Common Reporting Framework.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 2.1d)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if you have indicated your jurisdiction is reporting its emissions in the format of the GCoM Common Reporting Framework (CRF) or your jurisdiction is participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Rows 30 and 31 (Total generation of grid-supplied energy, Total emissions)
• Pathway 2 and 3: Rows 1-31 (Complete question)

Global Covenant of Mayors

• Cities participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors will be presented with the complete question.

GreenClimateCities Program

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with the complete question.

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation Pillar^
• TFCD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure B)
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG13

Response Options

Please complete the following table. Please ensure all reported emissions data is in metric tonnes CO2e.

(2.1d) Provide a breakdown of your community-wide emissions by sector.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 2.1e)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if you are reporting your emissions in any format other than the format of the Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC) or GCoM Common Reporting Framework (CRF).

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Global Covenant of Mayors

• Cities participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors will not be presented with this question and will requested to report their emissions in the format of the Common Reporting Framework (2.1c).

Connection to Other Frameworks

• TFCD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure B)
• NetZeroCities: Required
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG13

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. Please ensure all reported emissions data is in metric tonnes CO2e.

Consumption-Based Emissions Inventory

(2.2) Does your jurisdiction have a consumption-based emissions inventory to measure emissions from consumption of goods and services? The consumption-based approach captures direct and lifecycle GHG emissions of goods and services and allocates GHG emissions to the final consumers, rather than to the producers.

Change From Last Year

No change to question, additional guidance

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG13

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Government Operations Emissions

(2.3) Do you have an emissions inventory for your government operations to report?

Change From Last Year

No change

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended

Response Options

Select from:

• Yes
• No

(2.3a) Attach your government operations emissions inventory and report the following information regarding this inventory.

Change From Last Year

No change

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes’ is selected in response to 2.3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended

Response Options

Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability.

(2.3b) Report your government operations emissions in metric tonnes CO2e.

Change From Last Year

No change

Question Dependencies

This question only appears if you select 'Yes' in response to 2.3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Sector Assessment Data

Energy Assessment Data

For 2023, CDP-ICLEI Track will be aligning with the complete set of reporting requirements of the newly published Global Covenant of Mayors Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (EAPP) in the Common Reporting Framework. See the Global Covenant of Mayors Common Reporting Framework webpage for the most up to date information on the Energy Access and Poverty Pillar.

The energy questions in Section 3 (3.1, 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.1c, 3.1d, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) have been designed to align with the reporting requirements of multiple projects and/or initiatives, principally the ‘Assessment’ phase of the Energy Access and Poverty Pillar. The ‘Plan’ phase elements can be reported in questions 7.1/7.1a, and in 8.1/9/1 (in two new final columns – GCoM cities will be requested to indicate if any actions reported address energy-related issues and the related indicators), while the 'Target’ elements are addressed in question 6.1.

GCoM jurisdictions are required to report to at least one indicator from their GCoM Regional/National Covenant’s chosen energy attribute. These attributes are:

• Secure energy
• Sustainable energy
• Affordable energy

The below table indicates the different attributes, their related indicators (of which at least one must be reported to), and the CDP-ICLEI Track questions that collect data on that indicator. Please check which questions you have to report to based on the attribute selected for your region.

(3.1) Report the following information regarding your jurisdiction-wide energy consumption.

Change From Last Year

New question

Question Dependencies

Columns 3 and 4 are only presented to certain jurisdictions as detailed in the Response Options below. The selections made in column 3 will determine the presentation of questions 3.1a, 3.1b, 3.1c and 3.1d.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1 and 2: Columns 1, 2, and 5
• Pathway 3: Columns 1, 2, 3, and 5
• Column 4 is only presented to GCoM jurisdictions

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (Sustainable Energy)^
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7, SDG 12

GCoM Common Reporting Framework Reporting Requirements 

• GCoM reporting cities that have selected 'Source mix of thermal energy (heating and cooling) consumed in your city' as an indicator for the regional attribute of ‘Sustainable Energy’ must select the option 'Thermal (heating and cooling) consumption mix data' in column 3 to be presented with the appropriate question 3.1b.
• GCoM reporting cities that have selected either 'Installed capacity of renewable energy sources within local boundary' and/or 'Total energy generated from renewable energy sources within local boundary' as indicator(s) for the regional attribute of ‘Sustainable Energy’ must select the option 'Energy generation mix data' in column 3 to be presented with the appropriate question 3.1c.

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

*Please note this column is only presented to jurisdictions that meet the following criteria:

• GCoM jurisdictions, and participants in C40 Cities, ICLEI GreenClimateCities, 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network, and NetZeroCities Initiative.
• Responding to Questionnaire Pathway 3

**Please note this column is only presented to GCoM jurisdictions.

***Please note this option is only presented to C40 Cities, 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network jurisdictions, WWF OPCC, and NetZeroCities Initiative jurisdictions.

(3.1a) Report the total electricity consumption in MWh and the energy mix used for electricity consumption in your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

Modified question (2022 3.1)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented to cities that are shown column 3 ‘Indicate the energy data for which you can report a fuel/technology mix’ in question 3.1, and select the option ‘Electricity consumption mix data’.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7, SDG 12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(3.1b) Report the total thermal (heating/cooling) energy consumption in MWh and the energy mix used for thermal (heating/cooling) source mix breakdown for energy consumption in your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

New question

Question Dependencies

This question is presented to cities that are shown column 3 ‘Indicate the energy data for which you can report a fuel/technology mix’ in question 3.1, and select the option ‘Thermal (heating and cooling) consumption mix data’.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (Sustainable Energy)^
• NetZeroCities Initiative: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG7, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(3.1c) For each type of renewable energy within the jurisdiction boundary, report the installed capacity (MW) and annual generation (MWh).

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance (2022 3.2)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented to cities that are shown column 3 ‘Indicate the energy data for which you can report a fuel/technology mix’ in question 3.1, and select the option ‘Energy generation mix data’.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (Sustainable Energy)^
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG7, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(3.1d) Report the total jurisdiction-wide annual electricity and heating and cooling consumption for each sector listed and for your government operations.

Change From Last Year

No change to question, revised question dependency (2022 3.1a)

Question Dependencies

This question is presented to cities that are shown column 3 ‘Indicate the energy data for which you can report a fuel/technology mix’ in question 3.1, and are shown and select the option ‘Sector energy consumption breakdown data’

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG7, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(3.2) Report the percentage of households within the jurisdiction with access to clean cooking fuels and technologies.

Change From Last Year

New question

Question Dependencies

This question is only presented to GCoM jurisdictions and members of the 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network.

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (Sustainable Energy)^
• Race to Resilience
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG7, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

(3.3) How many households within the jurisdiction boundary face energy poverty? Select the threshold used for energy poverty in your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 3.4)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (Affordable Energy)^
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG1, SDG7

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

(3.4) Report the following information on access to secure energy for your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

New question

Question Dependencies

This question is only presented to GCoM jurisdictions and members of the 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network.

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar (Secure Energy)^
• Race to Resilience
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG7, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Transport Data

Mode share

(3.5) Report your jurisdiction's passenger and/or freight mode share data.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Rows 1-12, and 23 (Passenger mode share)
• Pathway 2 and 3: Rows 1-23 (Passenger and Freight mode share)

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG9, SDG11

ICLEI Ecomobility / Ecologistics

• Cities participating in ICLEI Ecomobility and/or Ecologistics will be presented with this complete question.

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Emissions and fleet size by mode

(3.6) Report the total emissions, fleet size and number of vehicle types for the following modes of transport.

Change From Last Year

No change

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG3, SDG9, SDG11

ICLEI Ecomobility / Ecologistics

• Cities participating in ICLEI Ecomobility and/or Ecologistics will be presented with this complete question.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. Please ensure all reported emissions data is in metric tonnes CO2e.

Waste Data

Waste

(3.7) Report the following waste-related data for your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, modified guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Row 1
• Pathway 2 and 3: Row 1 - Row 9

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
  
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG6, SDG11, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Public Health Data

(3.8) Report on how climate change impacts health outcomes and health services in your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Columns 1-3, 7
• Pathway 2 and 3: Columns 1-7

Connection to Other Frameworks

• Race to Resilience
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG3, SDG11, SDG13

Response Option

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.

Air Quality

(3.9) Report the following air pollution data for the jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

Modified question (2022 3.10)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG3, SDG11

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.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

[Add Row]

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

(3.10) Provide details of the household access to water, sanitation services and water consumption in your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 3.11)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG6

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Food data

(3.11) What percentage of your population is food insecure and/or lives in a food desert?

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 3.12)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG2

Response Option

Please complete the following table:

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

Procurement

(3.12) Report the total quantity of food that is procured (in tonnes) for government-owned and/or operated facilities (including municipal facilities, schools, hospitals, youth centers, shelters, public canteens, prisons etc.). If available, please provide a breakdown per food group.

Change from Last Year

No change (2022 3.13)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG2, SDG12

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

Water Data

(3.13) Report the sources of your jurisdiction’s water supply, volumes withdrawn per source, and the projected change.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 3.14)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG6

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.

[Add Row]

Module: Targets

4. Adaptation Goals

(4.1) Does your jurisdiction have an adaptation goal(s) in place? If no adaptation goal is in place, please indicate the primary reason why.

Change From Last Year

No change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure C)
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

Response Options

Select one of the following options:

• Yes, our jurisdiction has an adaptation goal(s)
• No, but we are planning to introduce a goal in the next two years
• No, and not intending to set a goal
• No, due to a lack of resources
• No, as our goal is already achieved
• No, due to a reason not listed above

(4.1a) Report your jurisdiction’s main adaptation goals.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes, our jurisdiction has an adaptation goal(s)’ is selected in response to 4.1.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure C)
• Race to Resilience
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

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.

5. Mitigation Targets

Emissions targets

(5.1) Does your jurisdiction have an active greenhouse gas emissions reduction target(s) in place? Please include long-term and/or mid-term targets. If no active GHG emissions reduction target is in place, please indicate the primary reason why.

Change From Last Year

No change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure C)
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

Response Options

Select from:

• Yes, our jurisdiction has an active greenhouse gas emissions reduction target(s)
• No, but we are planning to introduce a target in the next two years
• No, as our emissions are not fully calculated
• No, and not intending to set a target
• No, due to a lack of resources
• No, as our target is already achieved
• No, due to a reason not listed above

(5.1a) Provide details of your emissions reduction target(s). Please report both long-term and mid-term targets, if applicable.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes, our jurisdiction has an active greenhouse gas emissions reduction target(s)’ is selected in response to 5.1.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure C)
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

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.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question). Please ensure all reported emissions data is in metric tonnes CO2e.

[Add Row]

(5.1b) Provide details on the current or planned use of carbon credits sold to or purchased from outside the jurisdiction or target boundary.

Change From Last Year

No change

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes, this target will be achieved using carbon credits and the number of credits required has been quantified’ is selected in response to 5.1a Column ‘Are carbon credits currently used or planned to be used to achieve this target?'.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation Pillar^
• Race to Zero
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended

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.

[Add Row]

6. Sector Targets

Energy and other climate-related targets

(6.1) Provide details of your jurisdiction's energy-related targets active in the reporting year. In addition, you can report other climate-related targets active in the reporting year.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Energy Access and Poverty Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure C)
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• Race to Resilience
• Race to Zero
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required

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.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

[Add Row]

Module: Planning

Climate Action Planning

(7.1) Does your jurisdiction have a climate action plan or strategy that addresses mitigation, adaptation (resilience), and/or energy?

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation, Mitigation, Energy Access and Poverty Pillars^
• TCFD: Strategy (Disclosure C)
• Race to Resilience
• Race to Zero
• NetZeroCities: Required
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

Response Options

Select from:

• Yes, our jurisdiction has a climate action plan or strategy
• No, but we are currently undertaking one and it will be complete in the next year
• No, but we are intending to undertake one in the next two years
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of financial capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of expertise/technical capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to lack of financial capacity and expertise/technical capacity
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to other higher priorities
• No, and we are not intending to undertake due to a reason not listed above, please specify

(7.1a) Report details on the climate action plan or strategy that addresses mitigation, adaptation (resilience), and/or energy-related issues in your jurisdiction.

If your jurisdiction has separate mitigation, adaptation, and/or energy-related plans, please report all individually in separate rows.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Question Dependencies

This question is presented if ‘Yes, our jurisdiction has a climate action plan or strategy’ is selected in response to 7.1.

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Columns 1 - 8, 15
• Pathway 2 and 3: Columns 1 - 15

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation, Mitigation, Energy Access and Poverty Pillars^
• TCFD: Strategy (Disclosure C)
• Race to Resilience
• Race to Zero
• NetZeroCities: Required
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG7, SDG11, SDG13, SDG17

Global Covenant of Mayors

• Cities participating in the Global Covenant of Mayors will be presented with the complete question.

GreenClimateCities Program

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with the complete question.

Response Options

Please complete the following table. The table is displayed over several rows for readability. A ‘Please explain’ field will accompany this question to allow for any additional relevant information to be reported. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.

[Add row]

Sector Action Planning

(7.2) Report details on the other climate-related plans, policies and/or strategies in your jurisdiction.

Please note C40 Cities with an Air Quality Management Plan are requested to ensure that they report and provide the plan in this question.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• Race to Resilience
• Race to Zero
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

Response Option

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

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

[Add Row]

Consumption Based Emissions Strategy

(7.3) Does your jurisdiction have a strategy for reducing emissions from consumption of the most relevant goods and services?

Change From Last Year

Modified question

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG12, SDG13

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

Sustainable Public Procurement

(7.4) Does your jurisdiction have a strategy or standard for reducing emissions from the jurisdiction’s procurement and purchase of goods and services?

Change From Last Year

New question

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG12
• NetZeroCities Initiative: Required
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended

Response Options

Please complete the following table.

Finance

(7.5) Describe any planned climate-related projects within your jurisdiction for which you hope to attract financing.

Change From Last Year

Minor change (2022 7.4)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1, 2 and 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended

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.

(7.6) Report the factors that support climate-related investment and financial planning in your jurisdiction.

Change From Last Year

No change (2022 7.5)

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 3

Connection to Other Frameworks

• NetZeroCities: Required
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended
  
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG17

Response Options

Please complete the following table:

Module: Actions

Adaptation Actions

(8.1) Describe the outcomes of the most significant adaptation actions your jurisdiction is currently undertaking. Note that this can include those in the planning and/or implementation phase.

Change From Last Year

Minor change to question, additional guidance

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Columns 1 - 9
• Pathway 2 and 3: Columns 1 - 12
• Column 13 and 14 shown only to GCoM cities

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Adaptation Pillar and Energy Access and Energy Poverty Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure A)
• Race to Resilience
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

GreenClimateCities Program and 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with columns 1 -12.
• Cities who are members of the 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network will be presented with columns 1 -12.

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.

[Add Row]

Mitigation Actions

(9.1) Describe the outcomes of the most significant mitigation actions your jurisdiction is currently undertaking. Note that this can include those in the planning and/or implementation phases.

Change From Last Year

Minor change

Questionnaire Pathway

• Pathway 1: Column 1 - 10
• Pathway 2 and 3: Column 1 - 13
• Column 14 and 15 shown only to GCoM cities
  

Connection to Other Frameworks

• GCoM: Mitigation and Energy Access and Energy Poverty Pillar^
• TCFD: Metric and Targets (Disclosure A)
• Race to Zero
• NetZeroCities: Recommended
• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Required
• Sustainable Development Goals: SDG11, SDG13

GreenClimateCities Program, 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network, and Ecomobility Alliance

• Cities participating in the GreenClimateCities Program will be presented with columns 1 -13.
• Cities who are members of the 100% Renewables Cities and Regions Network will be presented with columns 1 -13.
• Cities who are members of the EcoMobility Alliance will be presented with columns 1 -13.

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.

(*column/row appearance is dependent on selections in this question)

[Add Row]

Further information

(10.1) Use this field to provide any additional information or context that you feel is relevant to your jurisdiction's response. Please note that this field is optional and is not scored/assessed.

Change From Last Year

No change

Connection to Other Frameworks

• WWF One Planet City Challenge: Recommended

Response Options

This is an open text question with a limit of 9,999 characters plus attachment functionality.

Please note that when copying from another document into the reporting system, formatting is not retained. This could include sharing information on innovative tools, mechanisms or best practices resulting from the development of new or innovation solutions that could be replicated in other jurisdictions.

• Information reported in this question could include:
  • An estimate of the quantity of data (in MB or GB) your jurisdiction needed to collect from internal departments and external partners in order to be able to respond to the questionnaire.

(10.2) Where available, please provide the following documentation relevant to your membership in the Green Climate Cities program.

Change From Last Year

No change

Response Options

Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows using the ‘Add Row’ button at the bottom of the table.

[Add row]

Terms & Conditions for responding cities:

Cities 2023 Questionnaire

1. DEFINITIONS

CDP means CDP Worldwide, a charitable company registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (registered charity no. 1122330 and a company number 05013650). References to “we”, “our” and “us” in these terms are references to CDP.

CDP-ICLEI Track means the platform through which cities complete and submit their Response to the Questionnaire.

C40 City means a city that is a member or affiliate city of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group administered by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Inc. (“C40”) and is identified as such on CDP’s online dashboard.

Cities Race to Resilience means an initiative to accelerate adaptation action in cities, contributing to the resilience of 4 billion people from vulnerable groups and communities to climate risks.

Cities Race to Zero means an initiative to mobilize cities to commit to setting science-based targets and start implementing climate action.

Deadline means 25 July 2023 (or any alternative date that is notified to you during CDP’s disclosure cycle for 2023 by us contacting your main user via email and/or your Cities dashboard).

GCoM City means a city committed to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (“GCoM”) and is identified as such on CDP’s online dashboard.

ICLEI means ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability e.V, World Secretariat.

NetZeroCities means the consortium consisting of 33 partners from 27 European countries, managing presently the EU Cities Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030” platform. It is coordinated by EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate innovation to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

OPCC means the One Planet City Challenge that is run by WWF to mobilize cities to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5 °C in line with the Paris Agreement.

Personal Data means data which relates to an individual who can be uniquely identified from the data, such as your city leader’s name and title.

Questionnaire means the Cities 2023 Questionnaire. This comprises questions common to all cities and additional questions under our partner initiatives including with C40, GCoM, ICLEI and WWF.

Responding City means the city responding to the Questionnaire. References to “you” and “your” in these terms are references to the Responding City.

Response means the response to the Questionnaire submitted by you as a Responding City, including any attachments that you provide together with the Questionnaire.

WWF means World Wide Fund for Nature (Stiftelsen Världsnaturfonden WWF), with whom CDP works as a partner on the OPCC.

2. PARTIES

The parties to these terms shall be CDP and the Responding City.

3. THESE TERMS

These are the terms that apply when you submit a Response to our Questionnaire. If you do not agree to these terms or have any queries, please contact us via the CDP Help Center.

4. RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

General. Responding to the Questionnaire is free but Responses must be prepared and submitted at the expense of the Responding City. When responding to the Questionnaire, you will be given a choice as to whether your Response can be made public or whether your Response is non-public, unless your city decides to participate in one or more of the GCoM, OPCC, Cities Race to Zero, Cities Race to Resilience and NetZeroCities initiatives, in which case you can only respond publicly.

We strongly encourage you to make your Response public. If you do not make your Response public, you will not be eligible for an “A” rating when we score you. Please see the section on “scoring” below for further details.

Submitting Responses via third party systems. When responding to the Questionnaire, you are responsible for checking that any part of the Response that you submit through any third party service (e.g. Google Environmental Insights Explorer, GCoM’s and WRI’s Data Portal for Cities or C40’s City Inventory Reporting and Information System (CIRIS)) is complete and correct.

Deadline for responding. You must submit your Response to us using our Online Response System by the Deadline to ensure it is eligible for CDP scoring and inclusion in reports.

Amending your Response. You may amend a Response you have submitted at any time up until midnight on the date on which we close the CDP-ICLEI Track platform to new submissions. We will communicate this date to your main user via email and/or your Cities dashboard. Please note that any changes you make to your Response after the Deadline will not be reflected in any CDP score, publication or announcement.

Public responses. If you agree that your Response can be made public, we may use it in furtherance of our charitable mission, including by:

(a) making it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our partners (including C40, GCoM, ICLEI, WWF, Cities Race to Zero, Cities Race to Resilience and NetZeroCities), appointed report writers and any other parties we deem appropriate;

(b) making it publicly available, for example through our Open Data Portal (https://data.cdp.net/) and stored and preserved on our servers indefinitely thereafter;

(c) compiling it in CDP databases and making it available in original, modified or adapted form for use by commercial (for a fee or otherwise) and non-commercial organizations;

(d) amalgamating it with information about the Responding City from other public sources; and

(e) using in any other way that accords with our charitable mission.

Non-public responses. If your Response is non-public, we may use the data you submit only as follows:

(a) for all cities, make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to our group companies and to companies we license to operate using the CDP name and brand (for example, CDP North America, Inc. and CDP Europe AISBL), our country partners, research partners, data management partners and report writers (each from time to time):

(i) to score your response; and

(ii) for any other use within their organizations but not for publication unless any data from your Response has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that it has the effect of being anonymized. CDP and its agents will make all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the data in your Response;

(b) for all cities, we may make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to ICLEI for any use within its organization and who will be entitled to make it available to its report writers but who will not publish or otherwise make available any data from your Response unless it has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that is has the effect of being anonymized. ICLEI and its report writers are required to make all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the data in your Response; and

(c) for C40 Cities, make it available as soon as it is received by CDP to C40 for any use within its organization and who may make it available to its report writers, but shall not publish or otherwise make available any data from your Response unless it has been anonymized or aggregated in such manner that is has the effect of being anonymized. C40 and its report writers shall make all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the data in your Response.

Scoring of Responses. We will score Responses from all cities that submit a Response by the Deadline, regardless of whether they respond publicly or non-publicly. However, you must respond publicly if you wish to be considered for, or granted an “A” rating under CDP’s scoring. For further details, please see our scoring guidance document: https://www.cdp.net/en/guidance/guidance-for-cities

Publication and use of scores. If your Response was submitted publicly, and it is scored and you receive an A grade, we may make your score public and publish it. If you do not receive an A grade, we will only disclose your score to you and to our group companies, companies we license to operate using the CDP name and brand (for example, CDP North America, Inc. and CDP Europe AISBL), our reporting partners (including ICLEI, C40, GCoM, and WWF), research partners and report writers, in each case for use only within their organizations and not for publication.

Future Questionnaires. Your submission of your Response for the current year also constitutes your request to us to invite you and to remind you to respond in future years but you acknowledge that any future Responses will be made upon the then-current version of these terms which you will need to accept at that time.

5. RIGHTS IN THE RESPONSES

Ownership. All intellectual property rights in your Response will be owned by you or your licensors.

License. You grant to us, or shall procure for us, a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, assignable, sub-licensable, royalty-free and global license to use your Response and any intellectual property rights including copyright and database rights in your Response for the uses set out in these terms (including creating scores).

6. IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIONS

You confirm that:

(a) the person submitting the Response to us is authorized by you to submit the Response;

(b) you have obtained all necessary consents and permissions to submit the Response to us; and

(c) the Response that you submit:

(i) does not infringe the rights of any third party (including privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights);

(ii) does not defame any third party; and

(iii) does not include any Personal Data.

7. LIABILITY

We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors, or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

We are not liable for financial losses. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances for any loss of revenue, loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of reputation, loss of, damage to or corruption of data or software.

We are not liable for consequential losses. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances for any indirect or consequential loss or damage of any nature whatsoever.

Exclusion of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP has no liability to you in any circumstances arising from the content or submission of your Response to us, including:

• any delay to the time of submitting your Response, failure to meet the Deadline, or errors, omissions, corruption or loss of data arising as a result of your use of a third party service when submitting your Response;
• our use of your Response;
• our publication of your A grade score; and/or
• the use of or any reliance placed upon your Response or your A grade score by you or by any third parties.

Limitation of liability. Subject to these terms, CDP’s total liability to you in all circumstances shall be limited to £625.

8. DATA PROTECTION

Each party acknowledges that during the course of their relationship CDP may process personal data including personal data which may be provided to it by or on behalf of the Responding City including the personal data of its registered users of the CDP dashboard and other contacts. CDP will only process such personal data for purposes related to its relationship with the Responding City including inviting and assisting the Responding City to complete the reporting process. The Responding City shall ensure that any relevant data subjects receive a fair processing notice which includes the above information and includes a reference to CDP’s privacy notice available at https://www.cdp.net/en/info/privacy-policy and shall otherwise ensure that CDP is able to process all personal data provided to it by or on behalf of the Responding City for the above purposes in compliance with applicable data protection legislation including the Data Protection Act 2018 as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which merge the previous requirements of that Act with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“UK GDPR”).

9. GENERAL

We may transfer our rights to someone else. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organization.

Nobody else has any rights under these terms. These terms are between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.

Entire agreement. These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us.

Variation. CDP reserves the right to change these terms at any time. Such changes shall be effective immediately or at such other time as CDP elects. In the event of any materially adverse changes, you may request to withdraw your Response within 30 days of us notifying you of the change.

If a court finds part of these terms illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

Governing law and jurisdiction. These terms are governed by English law and both parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to resolve any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms or their subject matter or formation.

Language. If these terms are translated into any language other than English and any dispute arises regarding the interpretation of the translated version of the terms, that dispute will be decided by reference to the English language version of the terms.

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)

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

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

XBA European Composite Unit (EURCO) (Bonds market unit)

XBB European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.-6) (Bonds market unit)

XOF CFA West African Franc

ZAR South African Rand

Appendix B: Adaptation actions

Engineered and built environment actions

Appendix C: Mitigation actions

Stationary energy

• Building codes and standards
• Building performance rating and reporting
• Energy efficiency/ retrofit measures addressing existing commercial, residential and/or municipal buildings
• Requirements which incentivize net zero carbon, Passivhaus or other ultra-high-efficiency standards for new buildings
• Requirements which incentivize net zero carbon, Passivhaus or other ultra high-efficiency standards for existing buildings
• Action to advance net zero carbon municipal buildings
• On-site renewable energy generation
• Switching to consumption of low-carbon fuels
• Electrical appliance performance ratings
• LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies
• Smart meters
• Smart lighting
• Domestic and/or commercial heat network
• Increase use of clean energy sources for heating and cooling buildings
• Domestic and/or commercial scale battery storage
• Demand-side management billing (inc. time-of-use tariffs/billing)
• Purchase of low-carbon electricity, heat, steam or cooling (i.e., power purchase agreement, supply agreement, renewable energy credit or other sourcing method)
• Wastewater to energy initiatives
• Other, please specify

Transportation

• Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions from bus and/or light rail
• Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions from ferries
• Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions from trucks
• Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions from aviation
• Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions from motorized vehicles
• Improve bus infrastructure, services, and operations
• Improve rail, metro, and tram infrastructure, services and operations
• Improve the efficiency of freight systems
• Improve the operations of shipping ports
• Improve the efficiency of long-haul transport
• Procurement of zero emissions buses
• Procurement of electric vehicles for government fleet
• Advance micromobility transportation
• Electric vehicle charging points and infrastructure
• Public-use bicycles/Bike share schemes
• Awareness and education for non-motorized transport
• Smart public transport
• Improve walking, cycling and integrated transit access
• Transportation demand management
• Transit oriented development
• Measure that restricts internal combustion engines
• Development of zero emission zones
• Development of 15/30-minute neighborhoods (complete neighborhoods)
• Other, please specify

Waste

• Bans or restrictions on single use or non-recyclable materials
• Criteria to design for durability, reparability and recycling in public procurement
• Increase awareness/engage public on waste reduction/recycling measures
• Implement practices and policies to promote circular economy
• Improve the efficiency of waste collection
• Landfill management
• Reduce organics disposal to landfill and incinerators
• Adopt source separation policies (e.g., collection for dry recyclables, organic compostable waste, etc.)
• Ensuring residual waste is disposed of adequately (in at least an engineered sanitary landfill)
• Sanitary landfill with leachate capture and landfill gas management system
• Install advanced thermal treatment/waste to energy
• Install landfill gas management/landfill gas to energy
• Install anaerobic digestion
• Install municipal recycling points or centres (for residents or businesses)
• Install waste heat recovery
• Volume based waste collection policy (e.g., fees or incentives)
• Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities
• Waste prevention/recycling policies and programs
• Other, please specify

Industrial Processes and Product

• Low-carbon industrial zones
• Improve energy efficiency of industrial processes
• Promote industrial symbiosis/industrial ecology programs
• Action to decarbonize building/construction materials
• Promote reduced packaging
• Support green manufacturing
• Implement green public/private partnerships with industry
• Support digitalization of industry
• Regulate / incentivize reduction in use of CFC’s/HCFC’s/HFC’s
• Other, please specify

Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use

• Action to address deforestation within the jurisdiction
• Action to address forest degradation
• Conversion of natural habitats
• Forest restoration
• Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion
• Eco-district development strategy
• Promote conservation efforts for natural areas
• Undertake strategic environmental assessment
• Other, please specify

Generation of grid-supplied energy

• Low or zero carbon energy supply generation
• Optimize traditional power/ energy production
• Smart grid
• Transmission and distribution loss reduction
• Other, please specify

Food

• Municipal/jurisdictional procurement policies that align with guidelines for sustainable, healthy diets (including a shift to low-carbon foods, plant-based or alternative proteins)
• Municipal/jurisdictional procurement policies that support sustainable food production practices
• Public policies or programs to encourage citizen dietary shift to sustainable, healthy diets (including incentivizing purchase of low-carbon foods, plant-based or alternative proteins)
• Policies intended to reduce jurisdiction-wide, food-related emissions
• Jurisdiction-wide food waste mitigation through business and municipal composting, food surplus, or scrap collection for animal feed
• Industrial food waste applications (e.g., rendering waste oils to fuel, or anaerobic biogas and methane capture for energy)
• Home food waste mitigation through compost collection or drop off sites (like community gardens)
• Policy, zoning, or financial support for local food production (such as farmers markets, community gardens, regional agriculture, etc.
• Other, please specify

Other sectoral action

• Community-Scale Development > Brownfield redevelopment programs
• Community-Scale Development > Policies to address urban sprawl
• Finance and Economic Development > Developing the green economy
• Finance and Economic Development > Instruments to fund low carbon projects
• Public Health > Climate resilient and low carbon or carbon neutral health systems
• Water > Water metering and billing
• Water > Water recycling and reclamation
• Water > Water use efficiency projects
• Construction > Procuring the use of zero emission construction machinery/low carbon materials
• Construction > Advancing use of Life Cycle Assessments in planning policy and processes
• Other, please specify

No mitigation action in place

• We are currently undertaking one and it will be complete in the next year
• We are intending to undertake one in the next two years
• We are not intending to undertake, specify why
• Other, please specify

Other, please specify

Appendix D: Target types

Renewable energy generation target

• Increase generation of renewable energy (all energy types)
• Increase generation of renewable electricity
• Increase generation of renewable heating and/or cooling
• Other renewable energy generation target type, please specify

Renewable energy consumption target

• Increase proportion of energy consumed from renewable sources (all energy types)
• Increase proportion of electricity consumed from renewable sources
• Increase proportion of heating and cooling consumed from renewable energy sources
• Other renewable energy consumption target type, please specify

Renewable energy installed capacity target

• Increase installed capacity of renewable energy (all energy types)
• Increase installed capacity of renewable electricity
• Increase installed capacity of renewable heating and/or cooling
• Other renewable energy installed capacity target type, please specify

Energy efficiency targets

• Reduction in energy consumption (jurisdiction-wide)
• Increase in energy efficiency (jurisdiction-wide)
• Increase energy efficiency of buildings (all buildings)
• Increase energy efficiency of buildings (residential buildings)
• Increase energy efficiency of buildings (government-owned buildings)
• Increase energy efficiency of buildings (commercial buildings)
• Increase energy efficiency of buildings, specify building types covered
• Other energy efficiency target type, please specify

Energy poverty/energy access target

• Increase average duration of available electricity
• Increase the percentage of population or households with access to electricity
• Improve the average yearly energy consumption per capita
• Reduction in energy poverty (population)
• Reduction in energy poverty (households)
• Increase access to clean cooking fuels and technologies (population)
• Increase access to clean cooking fuels and technologies (households)
• Addressing energy poverty
• Addressing energy access
• Other energy poverty/energy access target type, please specify

Building specific emissions reduction target

• All building types emissions reduction target
• Residential buildings emissions reduction target
• Municipal buildings emissions reduction target
• Commercial buildings emissions reduction target
• Commerical and municipal buildings emissions reduction target
• New buildings emissions reduction target
• Other buildings emissions target, please specify

Transport target

• Modal share targets
• Target to increase low-carbon/electric vehicles jurisdiction-wide
• Target to increase low-carbon/electric vehicles in government fleet
• Consumption of renewable energy in transportation
• Other transport target type, please specify

Waste target

• Target to reduce the municipal solid waste generation per capita
• Target to reduce the amount of municipal solid waste disposed to landfill and incineration
• Target to increase the diversion rate away from landfill and incineration
• Target to reduce food loss and/or waste
• Target to increase composting of food
• Target to increase methane recovery from landfills
• Target to increase capturing of biogas from food waste
• Target to increase the reuse of waste
• Target to increase the reuse of construction and demolition waste
• Target to increase the total waste generated that is recycled
• Target to increase the volume of wastewater treatment
• Target to increase the re-use of treated wastewater
• Other waste target type, please specify

Water target

• Target to increase water use efficiency
• Target to reduce water consumption
• Target to address pollution
• Target to increase WASH coverage
• Target towards net-zero water
• Target to restore/improve aquatic ecosystems
• Other water target type, please specify

AFOLU target

• Target to reduce deforestation
• Target to increase afforestation
• Target to increase reforestation
• Target to increase restoration of degraded forests
• Target to increase green space
• Forest cover target
• Other AFOLU target type, please specify

Food target

• Target to increase consumption of alternative and plant-based proteins
• Target to reduce consumption of animal-based proteins
• Target to reduce food-based emissions
• Target to increase sustainable agricultural practices in food production
• Target to reduce percentage of population that is food insecure and/or living in food deserts
• Target to reduce food loss and waste
• Other food-related target type, please specify

Air Quality

• Target to reduce PM2.5 concentrations (annual/24 hour)
• Target to reduce PM10 concentrations (annual/24 hour)
• Target to reduce O3 concentrations (peak season /8 hour)
• Target to reduce NO2 concentrations (Annual / 24 hour)
• Target to reduce SO2 concentrations (24 hour)
• Target to reduce CO concentrations (24 hour)
• Target to increase quantity of good air quality/low air pollution days
• Other air quality target, please specify

Appendix E: Financing climate action

• Jurisdiction’s own funds and budgetary means
• Jurisdiction borrows from national government
• Jurisdiction access finance from national government funds, grants etc.
• Jurisdiction issues municipal bonds
• Jurisdiction issues green bonds and/or climate bonds
• Jurisdiction accesses finance from public-private partnerships
• Jurisdiction accesses finance from Regional Development Banks
• Jurisdiction has established a fund to invest in climate-related projects
• Jurisdiction has received or secured funding for climate-related projects from an International Financial Institution (e.g. World Bank, Asian Development Bank, etc.)
• Jurisdiction utilises foreign debt and/or foreign investments
• Jurisdiction utilises foreign debt and/or foreign investments and requires the support of the national government to access international finance
• Jurisdiction utilises foreign debt and/or foreign investments and requires a sovereign guarantee to access international finance
• Jurisdiction utilises foreign debt and/or foreign investments and national/federal authorities have provided or are willing to provide a written letter of support to access international finance
• Jurisdiction uses land value capture (LVC) to help finance climate-related projects
• Jurisdiction uses carbon markets to help finance climate-related projects
• Jurisdiction partners with other jurisdictions to access finance
• Jurisdiction uses REDD+ to help finance climate-related projects
• Do not know
• Other, please specify

2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Changes Map

Introduction

The 2023 CDP-ICLEI Track Changes Map outlines the key developments to the questionnaire and includes the following information:

• 2023 Question: The question number and question text for each module of the questionnaire.
• Change: The level of change the question has undergone. These changes are defined as follows:
  • No change: no change has been made to a past question. If just the question number has changed from 2022 to 2023 or just the guidance has changed, this is indicated.
  • Minor change: small changes have been made to a past question e.g. some new dropdowns, or a change to the question text. Where the guidance has also changed, this is indicated.
  • Modified question: substantive changes have been made to a past question e.g. a significant edit to dropdown options or columns. It can be assumed that modified questions will also have additional/modified guidance.
  • New question: a new question has been added.
  • Revised question dependency: no changes made except to question-to-question dependencies, altering what questions/columns will drive this question to appear.
  • Removed question: a past question has been removed.
  • Additional guidance: existing guidance has been expanded beyond minor edits, or new guidance has been added e.g. a Resources section.
  • Modified guidance: clarifications/modifications have been made to existing guidance beyond minor edits that potentially alter the information requested.
• Copy Forward: If you submitted a response to the 2022 questionnaire, some of your answers may have been auto populated into your 2023 questionnaire where applicable. This column outlines what questions and columns may be applicable for copy forward.
• Summary of Changes: Where relevant an overview of the key changes is provided.

Note on Copy Forward

If you submitted a response to the 2022 questionnaires, your answers will be auto populated into your 2023 questionnaire where applicable, with a copy forward icon showing next to all questions which are eligible for copy forward. If you did not previously submit a response to a question or this is a new question no answers will copy forward.

We have tried to ensure copy forward from your previous response is available where possible, however, some questions have been modified from last year’s questionnaire, and therefore not all fields may copy over. As a result, your data might only be available on specific fields within table questions. We encourage you to double check the response to ensure that the response is complete and up to date. Please review auto-populated answers carefully, it is your responsibility to ensure your answers are updated for the accuracy and completeness of your response.

Copy forward is indicated as follows:

• Full: all answers in this question copy forward from last year if you have previously submitted a response. Please note that new fields have no prior submitted data (and therefore no previous answers to copy forward). We encourage you check the Summary of Changes for any new/removed columns and new/removed dropdowns to ensure your answers are complete and up to date.
• Partial: some of the answers in this question do not copy forward from last year if you previously submitted a response. This may be because the answer requested relates to the current reporting year, or because you are required to reassess annually whether or not this column has been answered (e.g. to confirm you have provided a requested attachment).
• No: none of the answers in the question copy forward from last year if you previously submitted a response.

Questionnaire Module: Governance

0. Governance

Questionnaire Module: Assessment

1. Climate Risk and Vulnerability

2. Emissions Inventory

3. Sector Assessment Data

Questionnaire Module: Targets

4. Adaptation Targets

5. Mitigation Targets

6. Sector Targets

Questionnaire Module: Planning

7. Planning

Questionnaire Module: Actions

8. Adaptation Actions

9. Mitigation Actions