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Cities - Emissions Reduction Activities 2013
| Row number | City Name | Account No | Country | City Short Name | C40 | Reporting Year | Emissions reduction activity | Sector of activity | Sub-sector of activity | Anticipated emissions reduction over lifetime (metric tonnes CO2e) | Activity Description | City Location | Country Location |
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| 801 | City of San Diego | 35884 | USA | San Diego | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Compact cities | Urban Land Use | Compact cities | The City's General Plan is the framework for the City’s commitment to long-term conservation, sustainable growth and resource management. It addresses GHG reductions through its City of Villages growth strategy which directs growth into compact, mixed-use, walkable centers linked by transit, which reduces the need to travel and makes alternative modes of transportation easier to use. | (32.715738, -117.1610838) | (37.09024, -95.712891) | ||
| 802 | City of San Diego | 35884 | USA | San Diego | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Urban agriculture | Urban Land Use | Urban agriculture | On January 31, 2012 the City Council approved new regulations for urban agriculture that address changes to the keeping of chickens, goats and bees; reducing the approval process for farmers markets on private property; and minor changes to the recently adopted community garden regulations. However, the regulations related to Farmers Markets, Retail Farms, and Community Gardens will not be effective within the City's Coastal Overlay Zone until the California Coastal Commission (CCC) unconditionally certifies new regulations. | (32.715738, -117.1610838) | (37.09024, -95.712891) | ||
| 803 | San Salvador | 35889 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 2013 | Other: | Other: | 1-Disminuir la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero (CO2, metano, NO2) en el Municipio de San Salvador. Mediante la implementación de la Ordenanza se podrán diseñar Planes que ayuden al desarrollo y concresión de estas actividades (7.1), tanto en el área de las emisiones como de los contaminantes orgánicos y del incremento de la masa arbórea del município deSS. 2- Contribuir a disminuir los contaminantes de origen orgánico en los vertidos que se descargan en los principales ríos del municipio. 3- Proteger y aumentar la masa arbórea del municipio, considerando la naturaleza de los ecosistemas presentes, para incrementar la captación de CO2, y al mismo tiempo disminuir el deterioro ambiental y la vulnerabilidad climática. | (13.6929403, -89.2181911) | (13.794185, -88.89653) | |||
| 804 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Turin | 2013 | Energy Demand in Buildings > Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | Energy Demand in Buildings | Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | -39087 | Improving energy performance of municipal buildings. | (45.070312, 7.6868565) | (41.87194, 12.56738) | |
| 805 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Turin | 2013 | Energy Demand in Buildings > Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | Energy Demand in Buildings | Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | -69686 | Improving energy performance of commercial and service buildings. | (45.070312, 7.6868565) | (41.87194, 12.56738) | |
| 806 | Gokseong Metropolitan Government | 48532 | South Korea | Gokseong | 2013 | (35.2819553, 127.2919175) | (35.907757, 127.766922) | ||||||
| 807 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Turin | 2013 | Energy Demand in Buildings > Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | Energy Demand in Buildings | Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | -718997 | Improving energy performance of residential buildings. | (45.070312, 7.6868565) | (41.87194, 12.56738) | |
| 808 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Turin | 2013 | Outdoor Lighting > LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | Outdoor Lighting | LED / CFL / other luminaire technologies | -13270.4 | Replacement of mercury vapor lamps with high efficient lamps, Adoption of LED lamps for all traffic signals. | (45.070312, 7.6868565) | (41.87194, 12.56738) | |
| 809 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Turin | 2013 | Transport > Infrastructure for non-motorized transport | Transport | Infrastructure for non-motorized transport | -261679 | Shifting modal split in transpost sector. | (45.070312, 7.6868565) | (41.87194, 12.56738) | |
| 810 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Turin | 2013 | Energy Supply > Low or zero carbon energy supply generation | Energy Supply | Low or zero carbon energy supply generation | -63775 | Production of biogas from municipal waste, Electricity production from solar photovoltaic activated by "Energy Bill". | (45.070312, 7.6868565) | (41.87194, 12.56738) | |
| 811 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Transport > Transportation demand management | Transport | Transportation demand management | Not yet determined. | The existing road infrastructure is gradually being adapted to improve flow while simultaneously not increasing vehicle capacity. Streets are planned or modified to increase the use of non-motorized and public transportation: reserved lanes for buses and taxis, reduced vehicle access to areas with high pedestrian traffic. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 812 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Transport > Infrastructure for non-motorized transport | Transport | Infrastructure for non-motorized transport | Not yet determined. | Montreal has benefitted from both a massive expansion of its bikeway network and the adoption of the BIXI - a public bike system that is accessible to everyone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from April to November. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 813 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Transport > Improve the accessibility to public transit systems | Transport | Improve the accessibility to public transit systems | Not yet determined. | Several additional bus routes have been established in recent years, effectively expanding the public transit system. Suburban train service has expanded and a new line is in construction. In addition, access to all forms of public transportation has been improved by the addition of platforms and elevators to train stations, metro stations, and buses. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 814 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Transport > Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail operations | Transport | Improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 from bus and/or light rail operations | Not yet determined. | Most of the bus fleet runs on biodiesel; hybrid models are being used in pilot projects. Standards of fuel economy are applied to all appropriate tender specifications. Specifications have been developed, and are in place, for the future purchase of electric buses. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 815 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Transport > Improve bus transit times | Transport | Improve bus transit times | Not yet determined. | Reserved bus lanes have been created for most major arteries of the city proper. Some reserved lanes extend throughout the metropolitan area. Strategic intersections have been equipped with traffic lights that signal priority to buses. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 816 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Other: Infrastructure for electrical vehicles | Other: Infrastructure for electrical vehicles | Not yet determined. | The provincial government has introduced Canada's first public charging network for plug-in electric vehicles. The network, known as The Electric Circuit, is a collaborative effort between Hydro Quebec, regional and municipal governments, and partners from the private sector. Montreal was one of the cities selected for initial installation and, in 2012, officially agreed to join the network as a partner. Public charging stations have so far been installed in the parking lots of partnered restaurant and retail chains. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | ||
| 817 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Limiting urban sprawl | Urban Land Use | Limiting urban sprawl | Not yet determined. | Most inner city districts have developed strategies aimed at limiting out-migration and encouraging in-migration. Measures include encouraging developers to build accommodating and family-oriented units, allowing for rebates for first-time inner city buyers, regenerating neighbourhoods, and attenuating traffic on residential streets. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 818 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Greenspace and/or bio-diversity preservation and expansion | Urban Land Use | Greenspace and/or bio-diversity preservation and expansion | Not yet determined. | Several greening and preservation projects are in place, varying according to sector: the banning of pesticides, a policy of sustainable management of green spaces, a protection ordinance for urban forests, the expansion of natural reserve boundaries, the regeneration of river banks, a strategic tree planting plan, the creation of new parks, and a by-law on tree felling. Plans to expand these projects, or to initiate new ones, are in development. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 819 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Transit oriented development | Urban Land Use | Transit oriented development | Not yet determined. | Most districts and co-expansive cities consider public transit accessibility when evaluating proposals for new developments. Transit oriented development is generally encouraged and, in some sectors, favoured for selection. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 820 | Jangseong Metropolitan Government | 48533 | South Korea | Jangseong | 2013 | #N/A | (35.907757, 127.766922) | ||||||
| 821 | Mokpo Metropolitan Government | 48534 | South Korea | Mokpo | 2013 | (34.8118351, 126.3921664) | (35.907757, 127.766922) | ||||||
| 822 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Urban agriculture | Urban Land Use | Urban agriculture | Not yet determined. | Community gardens have long been available in the city proper and are currently being expanded. In certain areas, roof-top agriculture projects have been initiated and are scheduled for expansion. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 823 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Compact cities | Urban Land Use | Compact cities | Not yet determined. | There have been important neighbourhood rejuvenation projects in recent years. The city has encouraged compact residential development and facilitated it throughout strategic sectors, particularly those adjacent to the downtown core. Many obsolete factories, aging commercial buildings, and outdoor parking lots have been replaced by residential complexes. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 824 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Eco-district development strategy | Urban Land Use | Eco-district development strategy | Not yet determined. | In addition to various local initiatives throughout the agglomeration, Montreal has a primary eco-district program entitled Quartier 21. The program was inspired by the United Nations' Agenda 21, addressing all aspects of sustainable development. Projects are carried out by promoters and supported by the hosting district. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 825 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Waste > Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Waste | Recycling or composting collections and/or facilities | Not yet determined. | Montreal collects recyclable waste throughout the agglomeration and diverts it to a central facility, where it is sorted and processed. In addition, district facilities, known as eco-centres, are available for drop-offs. Eco-centres accept not only standard recyclable waste but also reusable items, construction waste, and hazardous waste. The city collects leaves, yard, and gardening waste throughout most of the island. All other forms of organic waste are collected only in certain sectors. All organic waste, with the exception of leaves which are composted centrally, is currently processed externally. The creation of two new inner-city composting facilities has recently been approved. Their combined processing capacity will allow the collection of all organic waste throughout the entire agglomeration. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 826 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Waste > Waste prevention policies or programs | Waste | Waste prevention policies or programs | Not yet determined. | Montreal developed a waste management plan (Plan directeur de gestion des matières résiduelles de l'agglomération de Montréal) in 2010. Among its objectives is waste reduction, addressed via outreach to local authorities and to citizens. Many local authorities, as a result, now supply backyard composting equipment free of charge. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 827 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2013 | Energy Demand in Buildings > Building codes and standards | Energy Demand in Buildings | Building codes and standards | Not yet determined. | The provincial building code was modified in 2012 in order to improve energy efficiency standards, thus improving energy efficiency standards in Montreal. Several districts and co-extensive cities are looking to further improve these new standards. | (45.5086699, -73.5539925) | (56.130366, -106.346771) | |
| 828 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Energy Demand in Buildings > Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | Energy Demand in Buildings | Energy efficiency/retrofit measures | To achieve these outcomes we will: Deliver the workstreams in the LCEA Delivery Plan, creating a low carbon investment framework and ensuring that training and supply chain support are integrated into the development of retrofitting initiatives. Deliver a Greater Manchester approach to retrofitting strategy and standards that includes energy efficiency, climate change adaptation 27 and behaviour change and a common approach to maximising energy efficiency benefits from planning and building regulation. Create a strong partnership to develop and drive a co-ordinated programme of Greater Manchester Green Deal schemes that provides for both pro-active and responsive approaches, maximises the opportunities to engage all property owners and all types of building stock, and reduces fuel poverty by providing affordable warmth to vulnerable groups. Enable the Green Deal Social Housing Trailblazer projects to 2013, utilising the scale of the social sector to building on existing partnerships and investors to test and pioneer retrofitting programmes. Establish a communications plan that supports stronger messaging and ‘carbon literacy’ training on buildings and energy to provide a common and locally-flexible branded approach. Influence developers to deliver standards for new build and refurbishment of commercial premises, including accelerating the adoption of zero-carbon standards and tackling poor quality multioccupancy buildings. Support research, technological development, best practice, skills demand and enable business-to-business opportunities to inform the development of Greater Manchester Green Deal schemes. Influence Government to maximise the take up of new low carbon business support initiatives to improve the efficiency of our commercial buildings, including access to the Feed-In Tariff, Green Deal, Renewable Heat Incentive, and the Green Investment Bank. | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | ||
| 829 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Energy Supply > Low or zero carbon energy supply generation | Energy Supply | Low or zero carbon energy supply generation | Key outcomes by 2020 will be:- For users to understand that the cost and carbon impact of their energy use is linked to their patterns of consumption, and have access to support systems and schemes to help both reduce demand, and balance capacity, demand, carbon and cost – GM has the opportunity to demonstrate national leadership in this area. To have created market conditions which promote low and zero carbon energy generation and distribution opportunities across Greater Manchester, including local renewable power stations, leading and facilitating the development of local heating, cooling and smart grid networks and integrating microgeneration opportunities into our new building development standards and retrofitting programmes. To have strengthened our understanding and ensured that existing and planned energy infrastructure is secure, resilient to the impacts of climate change, changes in energy use and the connection of local low carbon supplies, and to have integrated energy security issues into our planning for civil contingencies. To have developed an understanding of the need to decarbonise the energy supply at community and household level, ensuring that the benefits of both reducing emissions and ensuring a secure and affordable future energy supply are applied in the planning of energy infrastructure at neighbourhood level. Continued support and investment in UK renewable and low carbon energy generation via our energy procurement strategies. To have created market opportunities for the £100 million of energy research being undertaken by Greater Manchester’s universities, and work to increase the size, economic and jobs contributions of Greater Manchester’s energy sector. To have integrated the development of new heating and cooling networks and the establishment of locally generated power networks with the development of major retrofitting programmes and role out of smart technologies in order that networks can expand as heat demand from retrofitted property decreases. To be early adopters of smartgrids, smart technologies and energy storage, improving the efficiency of our energy system. | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | ||
| 830 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Transport > Improve the accessibility to public transit systems | Transport | Improve the accessibility to public transit systems | To achieve this, we will: Improve the efficiency of the network by delivering reliable and fast journey times; Reduce congestion; particularly based on evidence of on air quality hot spots; Effectively and efficiently manage freight, including the introduction of consolidation centres; Continue to invest in bus, rail and Metrolink services to encourage modal shift and manage the impact of transport emissions from new developments. | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | ||
| 831 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Transport > Infrastructure for non-motorized transport | Transport | Infrastructure for non-motorized transport | To achieve this, we will: Develop co-ordinated GM wide communications on modal shift, develop image and customer service, alongside information provision, ticketing and pricing improvements to encourage large scale 34 behavioural change, providing a common branded approach across Greater Manchester; Improve journey planning by providing improved passenger information to inform smarter choices, using all available channels such as mobile communications and the Internet; Work with local employers to develop increased flexible and home working policies across GM; reducing the need for travel and peak time congestion; Support community based initiatives that encourage behavioural change e.g. cycling training schemes, cycle loan agreements and improve cycle infrastructure including cycle parking, storage, lanes, priority, and superhighways; Establish GM as a centre for car clubs and car sharing and develop promotions that reduce congestion; Market and promote cycling | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | ||
| 832 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Urban Land Use > Greenspace and/or bio-diversity preservation and expansion | Urban Land Use | Greenspace and/or bio-diversity preservation and expansion | Key outcomes by 2020 will be:- Carbon sinks will be protected, managed and enhanced as part of our carbon management strategy; carbon sinks include the extensive peat and mossland areas of GM which are also important biodiversity assets. A well co-ordinated green and blue infrastructure network that delivers cooling, shelter, resilience and flood management, increasing urban tree cover, local biomass production and food production within strategies that protect biodiversity and provide for local habitat adaptation. Integration of green infrastructure into the strategies and work programmes of all organisations working in the growth, sustainability and wellbeing sectors including dissemination of research into costs, levies, standards and benefits. Cultural value attached to our green and blue infrastructure will be increased and the benefits (including health and well being for communities), and use of such infrastructure will be maximised through promoting environmental understanding appreciation of our natural landscape heritage. To have developed the business case around the positive benefits of risk management and mitigation (including sustainable urban drainage (SUDS), building resilience and urban greening), including the promotion of economic returns and added values of investment in adaptation and mitigation within our urban environment. | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | ||
| 833 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Other: sustainable Consumption>Encouraging sustainable consumption and production | Other: sustainable Consumption | Encouraging sustainable consumption and production | Key outcomes by 2020 will be:- To have developed our understanding of embedded carbon and incorporate a total carbon footprint option into our metrics methodology so that the leadership of pioneering businesses and organisations can be shared and replicated. To further develop our understanding of resource efficiency in business and consumption and the ways in which sustainable procurement can drive the development of the low carbon economy. | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | ||
| 834 | Greater Manchester | 35898 | United Kingdom | Manchester | 2013 | Other: Developing a common measurement methodology | Other: Developing a common measurement methodology | Key outcomes by 2020 will be: To have adopted a common methodology for measuring and reporting on carbon emissions to achieve a consistent and convergent approach to performance monitoring across Greater Manchester. To have developed prominent reporting on emissions and progress so that businesses, residents and visitors can have easy access to information about our action on climate change. To have devised our preferred pathway to emission reduction by 2020 and 2050 that reflects our development priorities, and put in place voluntary carbon budgets and targets. To have developed and promoted an understanding of consumption based carbon accounting so that we can measure embedded as well as direct emissions when appropriate. | (53.479324, -2.2484851) | (55.378051, -3.435973) | |||
| 835 | Singapore Government | 35993 | Singapore | Singapore | C40 | 2013 | (1.352083, 103.819836) | (1.352083, 103.819836) | |||||
| 836 | City of Abidjan | 36004 | Cote d Ivoire | Abidjan | 2013 | (5.345317, -4.024429) | (46.9397, 7.45056) | ||||||
| 837 | Santiago de Guayaquil | 36045 | Ecuador | Guayaquil | 2013 | (-2.1709979, -79.9223592) | (-1.831239, -78.183406) | ||||||
| 838 | Santiago de Cali | 36037 | Colombia | Cali | 2013 | (3.420556, -76.522222) | (4.570868, -74.297333) | ||||||
| 839 | Ville de Douala | 36042 | Cameroon | Douala | 2013 | (4.05, 9.7) | (7.369722, 12.354722) | ||||||
| 840 | Abuja Federal Capital Territory | 36043 | Nigeria | Abuja | 2013 | (9.066667, 7.483333) | (9.081999, 8.675277) | ||||||
| 841 | Intendencia de Montevideo | 42388 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 2013 | (-34.9011127, -56.1645314) | (-32.522779, -55.765835) | ||||||
| 842 | Municipalidad de Magdalena del Mar | 43975 | Peru | Magdalena del Mar | 2013 | (-12.0904353, -77.069999) | (-9.189967, -75.015152) | ||||||
| 843 | Kampala City | 44077 | Uganda | Kampala | 2013 | (0.313611, 32.581111) | (1.373333, 32.290275) | ||||||
| 844 | Geoje Metropolitan Government | 48487 | South Korea | Geoje | 2013 | (34.8806427, 128.6210824) | (35.907757, 127.766922) | ||||||
| 845 | City of Zaragoza | 46473 | Spain | Zaragoza | 2013 | Other: Medidas relacionadas con el ahorro energético en los sectores industrial, residencial y de la movilidad, fundamentalmente, que incluyen todas las actuaciones descritas en el cuadro en este sentido | Other: Medidas relacionadas con el ahorro energético en los sectores industrial, residencial y de la movilidad, fundamentalmente, que incluyen todas las actuaciones descritas en el cuadro en este sentido | (41.6488226, -0.8890853) | (40.463667, -3.74922) | ||||
| 846 | Município de Aparecida | 45219 | Brazil | Aparecida | 2013 | Other: Inovcity Project | Other: Inovcity Project | 115,9 | Meters and lamps substitution, donation of efficient refrigerators, showers and electric scooters | (-22.8472, -45.23) | (-14.235004, -51.92528) | ||
| 847 | Prefeitura Municipal de Jaguaré | 48459 | Brazil | Jaguaré | 2013 | (-18.9058, -40.0758) | (-14.235004, -51.92528) | ||||||
| 848 | Haenam Metropolitan Government | 48557 | South Korea | Haenam | 2013 | (34.5732516, 126.5989274) | (35.907757, 127.766922) | ||||||
| 849 | Shinan Metropolitan Government | 48558 | South Korea | Shinan | 2013 | (36.075651, 120.412392) | (35.907757, 127.766922) | ||||||
| 850 | Jangheung Metropolitan Government | 48559 | South Korea | Jangheung | 2013 | (34.6816856, 126.9069278) | (35.907757, 127.766922) |
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Catalog of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities, as reported by city governments participating in CDP in 2013. 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.
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