C40 Research on Importance of Cities to Climate Change

1 June 2011: The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) released two reports today that emphasize the critical role of measurement and transparency in tackling climate change in megacities.

  • A measurement baseline – The first‐ever public disclosure and analysis of self‐reported community‐wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) data from C40 cities, showing the urban concentration of GHG emissions and climate‐related risks, highlighting the importance of City government action to reduce emissions (report by the Carbon Disclosure Project)
  • A benchmark of actions C40 Cities have taken to date and an inventory of powers Cities hold over sectors, demonstrating what actions have been taken across the C40 Cities and also identifying what powers City governments across the C40 have to take further actions on mitigation and adaptation.  (report by Arup)
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