Catalog of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities, as reported by city governments participating in CDP in 2015. Activities are tagged by sector and cities provide detailed descriptions of each activity. Some cities also provide estimates of the total anticipated lifetime emissions that will be reduced from each activity.
This dataset has the following 12 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Name | city_name | text | Distrito Metropolitano de Quito Alcaldía Metropolitana de Caracas Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro City of Houston view top 100 |
| Account No | account_no | text | 42178 31159 31169 31176 31108 view top 100 |
| Country | country | text | Ecuador Venezuela Peru Mexico Hong Kong view top 100 |
| City Short Name | city_short_name | text | Quito Caracas Hong Kong Rio de Janeiro Houston view top 100 |
| C40 | c40 | text | C40 view top 100 |
| Reporting Year | reporting_year | text | 2015 view top 100 |
| Emissions reduction sector | emissions_reduction_sector | text | Food and Agriculture Community-Scale Development Mass Transit Private Transport Finance and Economic Development view top 100 |
| Emissions reduction activity | emissions_reduction_activity | text | Encourage sustainable food production and consumption Green space and/ or biodiversity preservation and expansion Improve bus infrastructure, services, and operations Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from motorized vehicles Improve rail, metro, and tram infrastructure, services and operations view top 100 |
| Anticipated emissions reduction (metric tonnes CO2e) | anticipated_emissions_reduction_metric_tonnes_co2e | number | 470000 325000 52500 550000 340000 view top 100 |
| Action description | action_description | text | New bus system with using less fuel pollutants Expansion of Metro lines, connection with BRT lines. Municipal program of selective collection, the campaign of selective collection, availability of delivery points voluntary recyclable materials - ENP, among others. Emission Trading Scheme has been initiate in June 2013, not it's being processing and we are planning to add traffice sector in our current ETS system. The city has out in place a city wide building efficiency standards in consultation with Indian Green Building Council view top 100 |
| City Location | city_location | location | view top 100 |
| Country Location | country_location | location | view top 100 |