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BEA Webinar Series for Cities: Reporting Energy and Emissions Results for Success: Building Efficiency Examples
This webinar will focus on why and how to publicly report city energy and emissions data with a focus on building efficiency.
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BEA Webinar Series for Cities: Using Data to Measure Building Efficiency Policy Impacts
Time suitable for audiences in Asia - This webinar will cover how to calculate the potential emissions impacts...
GHG Protocol for Cities
Responsible for an estimated 75 percent of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, cities represent the single greatest opportunity for tackling climate change. The first step for cities to realize their potential is to identify and measure where their emissions come from -- you can’t cut what you don’t count.
GHG Protocol is working to give cities the standards and tools they need to measure their emissions, build more effective emissions reduction strategies, set measurable and more ambitious emission reduction goals, and to track their progress more accurately and comprehensively.
Chengdu Shows How Cities Can Turn Climate Commitments into Action
Chengdu Development and Reform Commission developed its first greenhouse gas inventory in 2015 (based on 2010 data). This inventory revealed valuable insights about the sources of the city’s emissions.
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23 Chinese Cities Commit to Peak Carbon Emissions by 2030
More than half the world’s people live in cities, and cities are responsible for more than 70 percent of all energy-related carbon dioxide emissions on Earth. These dramatic statistics mean cities have a critical role to play in addressing climate change.
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Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030
As home to 3.5 billion of the world’s population, cities and urban areas play a crucial role in combating global climate change. And today, many of their leaders are announcing steps to do just that.
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Rio+20 in the Rear View: A Look at Rio de Janeiro’s New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
During the informal sessions of the U.N.’s Rio+20 conference on sustainable development last week, Rio de Janeiro city officials and the World Bank jointly launched a very timely project: the Rio Low-Carbon City Program.
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Seeking Public Comments on New Protocol for City-level GHG Emissions
We are excited by the release of the first draft of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG Emissions (GPC) to help cities around the world measure and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using a more consistent protocol.
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