Carbon and Climate Finance February 2012
Jul 11, 2015
Carbon and Climate FinanceFebruary 2012
235 295 355
922
1449
2204
2456
3050
3658
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of disclosing companies
655Institutional Investors
$78 trillionAssets under Management
CDP at a glance
CDP data in Bloomberg
UNFCCC information sharing meeting February 2012CDP data in Google Finance
CDP Leaders outperform
CDP Cities
• Enables annual reporting for cities
• City-wide
• Qualitative and quantitative data
• No specific methodology
• Comparable between peer cities
• Public or private disclosure options
647.2 mmt CO2eReported by 31 cities in 2011
0.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
5,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
8,000.00
China USA EU (27) Russian Fed
India Japan Germany Cities (31)
Canada Iran
Yes67%
No26%
Other7%
Cities reporting GHG reduction targets
Does your city have an adaptation plan?
Yes65%
No30%
Other5%
2.60%
1.86%
1.08%
0.27%
Global 500 Companies
C40 cities average
North America average
Anonymous national target
Average Annual Reduction Targets
Source: CDP Investor 2011; CDP Cities 2011;
(sample from Global 500, Scope 1+2)
(2011 data, city-wide)
(2011 data, city-wide)
“Investors have long looked at countries. They should be paying more attention to cities.”
-- Financial Times, April 2011
1. Transparency 2. Climate-safety 3. Action
Steps to standardization
1. Methodologies2. Reporting3. 3rd Party Verification
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