5 Australian & New Zealand Cities Make 2020 'A List' for Climate Action

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Across the world, 88 cities have made the CDP 2020 A List for achieving the highest standards of environmental action reporting, including five cities in Australia and New Zealand:

  1. Adelaide

  2. Melbourne

  3. Sydney

  4. Australian Capital Territory

  5. Auckland

The list is based on data disclosed by 591 cities through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting platform in 2020. Cities are scored ‘A’ to ‘D’ based on the completeness and quality of their data and action taken. To score an A, a city must disclose data publicly, have a city-wide emissions inventory (not just for its operations, but for the city as a whole), have an emissions reduction target, and a published climate action plan. The highest grade also requires a climate risk and vulnerability assessment and climate adaptation plan. Each of these five leading councils are signatories to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy.

 
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