Page 1 CDP Cities: analytics & applications of climate data May 2016 Chris Fowle
CDP’s history and work Page 2 Climate change Supply chain Forest Water Cities, States & Regions Companies Government officials InvestorsCompanies CDP Invitation to respond from Disclosers CDP Programmes
Page 3 Reporting cities
- Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Cities are taking the lead in addressing climate change – and they could be doing more, and acting faster, if barriers to accessing financing were removed. Page 4
Cities play a crucial role in climate mitigation 75% of global GHG emissions come from cities 80% of global energy consumption takes place in cities Page 5 Source: OECD, 2012; UNEP, 2014
City projects seeking private sector involvement Page 6 Cities are most interested in involving the private sector in the following areas: renewable energy, resilience and forestry and energy efficiency. Most urban project ready for private sector involvement are located in Latin America.
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Increased private finance available Page 8
Public finance is insufficient Page 9 19 billion USD spent on urban climate finance by 9 biggest development banks in 2015 93 trillion USD needed in coming 15 years Public finance suffers from budgetary deficits Public finance can leverage private finance Source: CPI, 2015; NCE 2014, WRI, 2015
Private sector pledges billions of climate finance Goldman Sachs $150 billion in clean & renewable energy by 2020 Citi $100 billion of clean energy finance in next 10 years Bank of America $125 billion in low carbon business in next 10 years Page 10
Barriers to investment: lack of bankable projects Page 11 Lack of knowledge or capacity Barrier 1: Climate change mitigation low on city agenda Difficulty in aligning all parties involved Lack of track record or credit worthiness Barrier 2:Barrier 3: Barrier 4:
CDP Cities Analytics Page 12
Benefits of Cities Analytics All publicly reported data Page 13 cities globally reported to CDP in 2015 emissions reduction activities reported globally adaptation actions reported globally 314 3,2021,464
Benefits of Cities Analytics Page 14 In-depth knowledge about cities Understand cities attitude towards climate change Insights into their risk profile Overview of city information
Benefits of Cities Analytics Page 15 Benchmark cities performance against others Compare cities to others in their region Learn about actions similar cities are taking
Mitigation Page 16 Emissions Inventories Mitigation Actions Renewable Energy 78% of energy is consumed by cities
Adaptation Page 17 Climate hazards Adaptation actions Water 95% of cities see climate change as a risk to their city
Company Insights Page 18 Company emissions Company risks Economic opportunities 83% of cities report that climate change presents an economic opportunity
Looking ahead for Cities Analytics Page 19 City case studies City climate finance research Additional company insights Trends from
Looking ahead for the matchmaking platform Page 20 Creating financial and sustainability indicators + guidelines Organizing workshops and promoting PPPs Selecting and sourcing projects Financing projects
Matchmaking as solution Page 21
CDP is backed by 822 institutional investors worth more than US$95 trillion in assets Page 22 Matchmaker
Matchmaking helps overcome barriers Page 23 Create market and understanding for data urban mitigation projects Improve communication to reduce knowledge gaps & prioritize agenda Aggregate smaller projects and promote collaboration Overcome credit worthiness with blended finance Expose all training and capacity initiatives to investor interest
Looking ahead for the matchmaking platform Page 24 Creating financial and sustainability indicators + guidelines Organizing workshops and promoting PPPs Selecting and sourcing projects Financing projects
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