CDP’s new infographic report ‘Who’s tackling urban water challenges’, produced in partnership with AECOM, the global infrastructure firm, and funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, shows the first and most comprehensive dataset of global water action by cities and companies produced to date. Using information gathered from 569 cities and 1,432 companies, each reporting their water management activity, it illustrates how global cities and companies are responding to the escalating challenge of climate change and urban population growth.

Explore how cities and companies are acting on water, the CDP infographic report ‘Who’s in charge of Water Governance’, with case studies and full data is available at www.cdp.net/cities.

This dataset includes the detailed responses of publicly disclosing AdaptLocal cities in 2019. For a summary of the cities, please refer to the dataset titled "2019 AdaptLocal Cities Summary".

This dataset contains population data reported by the following cities in 2020:

Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, City of Anchorage, City of Athens, City of Berlin, City of Boston, City of Buenos Aires, City of Delhi, City of Helsinki, City of Las Vegas, City of Paris, City of Perth, City of San Francisco, City of Stockholm, City of Sydney, City of Vancouver, Göteborgs Stad, Greater London Authority, Kyoto, La Paz, Municipalidad de Santiago, New York City, Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, Singapore Government, Stadt Zürich, The Executive Council, Govt of Dubai, Ville de Nyon, Wellington City Council, and Wuhan Municipal People's Government.

In 2016, over 3,000 mitigation actions were disclosed. Cities are taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities. 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.

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 contains 2021 data on cities' climate change impacts on health and health systems, as reported by cities through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System in response to question 2.3a in the 2021 Cities questionnaire. View cities questionnaire guidance at https://www.cdp.net/en/guidance/guidance-for-cities. Please contact cities@cdp.net if you have any questions.

This data is collected through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System. When using this data, please cite both organisations using the following wording: ‘This data was collected in partnership by CDP and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability’.

For further guidance on how to reference this data for use in external publications, please refer to the Open Data Portal Terms of Use available on the homepage.