Tag: Reporting

In August, Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted the “Empowering cities with data” workshop in collaboration with C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, CDP, and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy. The two-day meeting was held in the City of San Francisco, in a region known as the global epicenter of tech innovation. Under San Francisco’s Mayor Edwin M. Lee, the city has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% from 1990 levels, while its GDP has grown by 78% and its population by almost 20%.

Today, CDP launched its annual InFocus Reports, which catalogue city climate actions around the world. This year, five C40 cities are being recognized in the reports for their leadership in climate change disclosure. These cities have received the highest scores in their regions for the quality and detail of their reported climate related-data.

Beginning today, all C40 member cities are invited to report their climate data through our reporting partner CDP. The annual reporting cycle – now in its 7th year – is designed to help cities report their data in a transparent way, and better track the impact of their climate actions.

Beginning today, all C40 member cities are invited to report their climate data through our reporting partner CDP. The annual reporting cycle is designed to help cities report their data in a transparent way, and better track the impact of their climate actions. Reporting is also an important requirement for compliance with the Compact of Mayors. Within one year of committing to the Compact, a city must identify their climate risks, compile a city-wide greenhouse gas emission inventory according to the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC), and report their data. CDP is an official reporting platform for the Compact.  

This month, C40 – in partnership with CDP – convened a workshop on emissions measurement and reporting for all C40 cities in Africa. Hosted by the City of Johannesburg, the workshop focused on building cities’ capacity to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, develop climate action plans, and collect and report on climate data. Representatives from Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, and Tshwane gathered to discuss solutions to regional challenges to measurement and reporting.