C40 CITIES:
THE POWER
TO ACT
The Climate Action in Megacities 2.0 (CAM 2.0) report
is the result of a survey of C40 Cities and includes
data from 94% of its members. The outcomes clearly
show a trend of increasing and expanding climate
action in cities, with mayors taking action where they
have the most power, and creating innovative solutions where they do not. You can download the full
report at www.c40.org/research.
POWER TO ACT
report climate change
presents significant risk
to their cities
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The Climate Action in Megacities 2.0 (CAM 2.0)
includes data from 94% of its members. The
outcomes
clearly show a trend of increasing
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and expanding climate action in cities, with
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power, and creating
innovative solutions where
64%
they do not. You can download the full report at
www.c40.org/research.
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TOP FIVE ACTIONS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
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each sector.
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powers and city action by
each sector.
Transportation
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life forTRANSPORT:
city residents, businesses, and
PUBLIC
PRIVATE TRANSPORT:
visitors
–
connecting
people
to
their
jobs,
schools,
homes
and communities. Sustainable
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
city
can crossings
meet the need to move
goods,
while and
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enhancing
1 transportation
Improve pedestrian
1 people
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routes,
frequency
services
greenhouse gas emissions reductions and associated air quality benefits.
TRANSPORT
2 Dedicated cycle lane
3
Cycle hire/share
2
Upgrade buses to increase accessibility
3
Provide more bus shelters
PUBLIC
TRANSPORT:
4 Priority
lanes
TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
5 Switch buses to hybrid engines
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
PRIVATE
TRANSPORT:
4 Pedestrian
plazas
TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
5 Cycle signage
ENERGY SUPPLY
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
ADAPTATION
8,068
1
Improve pedestrian crossings
1
Increase routes, frequency and night services
2
Dedicated cycle lane
2
3
Cycle hire/share
3
Upgrade buses to increase accessibility
Strong Power
Partial Power
Provide more bus shelters
4
Pedestrian plazas
OWN/OPERATE
Cycle signage
4
Priority lanes
5
Switch buses to hybrid engines
5
26%
53%
WATER
WASTE
SET
VISION
SET/ENFORCE
POLICES
ICT
CONTROL BUDGET
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
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report at c40.org/research.
26% 35%
CONTROL
BUDGET
OWN/OPERATE
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
Strong Power
Partial Power
SET/ENFORCEOF
POLICES
13%WHICH MAYORS HAVE
54% POWER
PERCENT
ASSETS OVER
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20%
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30%
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transport actions taken
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of mass transit actions
are
focused
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transport
actions
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services
2/3
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of mass transit actions
actions
takenontobus
are focused
increase
services cycling
and walking
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actions taken to
increase cycling
and walking
36% 44%54%
30%
13%
10%
53%
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70%
80%
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90%
100%
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
SET VISION
BUILDINGS ACTIONS:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
OUTDOOR LIGHTING:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
1 More efficient luminaires (e.g. LED)
1 Insulation
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
2 Timed lighting
2 Audits and advice
3
Energy performance certification
1
Insulation
BUILDINGS
ACTIONS:
4 Benchmarking
TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
5 Heating and cooling efficiency
3
Computerised lighting
1
More efficient luminaires (e.g. LED)
OUTDOOR
LIGHTING:
4 Solar-powered
streetlights
TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
5 Sensor-based lighting
1,812
energy efficiency
actions taken
90%
1,812
of
citiesefficiency
are acting on
energy
outdoor lighting
13%
10%
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powers and city action by
each sector.
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSIT
BUILDINGS
20%
and walking
54%
30%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
35%
CONTROL BUDGET
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
SET VISION
36% 44%
The
energy used
to light, heat and power
buildings and
public spaces makes up a
OUTDOOR
LIGHTING:
BUILDINGS
ACTIONS:
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
significant
portion
of
total
CO2e
consumption
in
many
cities,
making
it an important
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
driver
of a city’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy
efficiency
efforts
1 More
efficient
luminaires
(e.g.are
LED)a key
1 Insulation
area for climate action – and are particularly attractive because they yield strong
2 Timed lighting
2 Audits and advice
financial returns on investment through energy cost savings.
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
3 Computerised lighting
3 Energy performance certification
4
Benchmarking
Solar-powered streetlights
4
OUTDOOR
LIGHTING:
5 Sensor-based
lighting
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
BUILDINGS
ACTIONS:
5 Heating and
cooling efficiency
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
ENERGY SUPPLY
Strong Power
More efficient
1 Insulation
PERCENT
OF ASSETS OVER WHICH 1MAYORS
HAVEluminaires
POWER(e.g. LED)
Partial Power
ADAPTATION
2
Audits and advice
3
Energy
performance certification
OWN/OPERATE
Benchmarking
4
WATER
WASTE
Timed lighting
2
25% 3
Computerised lighting
4
Solar-powered streetlights
5
Sensor-based lighting
5 Heating and cooling efficiency
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
8%
57%
68%
25%
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
29%
CONTROL BUDGET
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
8%
10%
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
ENERGY
SUPPLY
SET VISION
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LOW-CARBON AND RENEWABLE
10%
20%
ENERGY GENERATION ACTIONS:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
Solar electricity
ENERGY
SUPPLY
2 Solar heat
3
Biofuels
4 Anaerobic digestion
LOW-CARBON
AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY
GENERATION
ACTIONS:
5 Community renewable energy
projects
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
40%
29%
50%
60%
70%
energy efficiency
actions taken
90%
1,812
of cities are acting on
outdoor lighting
energy efficiency
actions taken
69%
90%
of actions focus on
energy demand
of cities are acting on
reduction
outdoor lighting
69%
of actions focus on
energy demand
reduction
68%
25%30%
20%
CONTROL BUDGET
1
57%
39%
SET VISION
ICT
43%
25%
OWN/OPERATE
Strong Power
Partial Power
1,812
80%
90%
100%
43%
39%
30%
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
CONVENTIONAL
ENERGY
GENERATION: TOP FIVE ACTIONS
1
Fuel switching
2
Increase capture of waste heat
3
Provision/encouragement for new
power project sites
100%
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF
4 Re-powering/power station replacement
CONVENTIONAL
ENERGY
5
Heat
generation
asset
replacement
GENERATION: TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
293
energy supply
actions taken
1/3
293
of future actions will
focus on generating
energy supply
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
8%
10%
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powers and city action by
each sector.
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSIT
BUILDINGS
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
ENERGY SUPPLY
ADAPTATION
WATER
WASTE
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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50%
60%
70%
reduction
80%
90%
100%
43%
ENERGY
SUPPLY
SET VISION
39%
A
stable and sustainable
energy supply is necessary
for theEFFICIENCY
lighting, heating,
LOW-CARBON
AND RENEWABLE
IMPROVING
OF cooling
10%
30%
40%
50%
70%
80%
90%
100%
and
transport
functions that
ensure20%the smooth
operation
of60%a city.
Much
of the
energy
ENERGY
GENERATION
ACTIONS:
CONVENTIONAL
ENERGY
used
to fuelACTIONS
these functions is provided by electricity.
The source
that ACTIONS
electricity
TOP FIVE
GENERATION:
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(fossil-fuel
powered
power
plants,
large-scale
renewable
sources,
or
distributed
1 Solar electricity
1 Fuel switching
generation)
is
a
significant
driver
of
the
greenhouse
gas footprint of C40 cities.
2 Solar heat
2 Increase capture of waste heat
ENERGY SUPPLY
3
Biofuels
Provision/encouragement for new
power project sites
3
4 Anaerobic digestion
LOW-CARBON
AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY
GENERATION
ACTIONS:
5 Community renewable energy
projects
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF
4 Re-powering/power station replacement
CONVENTIONAL
ENERGY
5
Heat
generation
asset
replacement
GENERATION: TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
293
energy supply
actions taken
1/3
293
1
Solar electricity
1
Fuel switching
of future actions will
focus on generating
energy supply
energy from waste
actions taken
3
Biofuels
3
4
OWN/OPERATE
Anaerobic
digestion
Provision/encouragement for new
power project sites
30%
1/3
5
Community renewable energy projects
Strong Power
PERCENT
OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS
HAVE
POWER
2 Solar heat
2 Increase
capture
of waste heatPartial Power
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
27% 36%
7%
4
Re-powering/power station replacement
5
Heat generation asset replacement
32%
Strong Power
Partial Power
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
15%
CONTROL BUDGET
25%
SET VISION
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
30%
27% 36%
OWN/OPERATE
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
40%
29%
CONTROL BUDGET
ICT
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
68%
25%30%
20%
7%
30%
of actions involve
solar energy deployment
46%
32%
10%
CONTROL BUDGET
of actions involve
of future actions will
solar energy deployment
focus on generating
energy from waste
20%
15%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
80%
90%
100%
30%
ADAPTATION
& WATER
SET VISION
25%
46%
CLIMATE ADAPTATION:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
1
10%
Early warning systems
20%
30%
WATER MANAGEMENT:
60%
70%
TOP40%FIVE50%ACTIONS
1
Reduce leakages in water supply
ADAPTATION
& WATER
3 Tree planting
3 Storm water retention in new developments
2
Crisis management strategies
2
Permeable paving
4
Flood mapping at neighbourhood
or district level
4
Water efficient appliances
CLIMATE ADAPTATION:
WATER
MANAGEMENT:
5 Increasing
capacity of existing stormwater
1,024
adaptation & water
actions taken
67%
of cities will enhance
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
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powers and city action by
each sector.
7%10%
CONTROL BUDGET
15%
MASS TRANSIT
BUILDINGS
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
ENERGY SUPPLY
ADAPTATION
WATER
WASTE
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
30%
25%
46%
ADAPTATION
& WATER
4 Flood mapping at neighbourhood
4 Water efficient appliances
or district level
Increasing capacity of existing stormwater
drains/systems
5
5 Storm drains, swales and flood storage
CLIMATE
ADAPTATION:
WATER MANAGEMENT:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
Strong Power
PERCENT
OF
ASSETS
OVER
WHICH
MAYORS
HAVE
POWER
1 Early warning systems
1 Reduce
leakages
in water supply
Partial Power
2
Crisis management strategies
4
2
Permeable paving
3
Storm water retention in new developments
38%
ADAPTATION
3 Tree planting
32%4
OWN/OPERATE
Flood
mapping at neighbourhood
or district level
Water efficient appliances
Increasing capacity of existing stormwater
drains/systems
5
5 Storm drains, swales and flood storage
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
14%
47%
Strong Power
Partial Power
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
20%
CONTROL BUDGET
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
WATER MANAGEMENT
14% 20%
10%
20%
CONTROL BUDGET
OWN/OPERATE
SET VISION
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
WATER MANAGEMENT
OWN/OPERATE
SET VISION
46%
30%
40%
47%
50%
20%
30%
29%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
70%
80%
90%
100%
46%
53%
31%
40%
31%
36%
1,024
adaptation & water
actions taken
67%
1,024
203
67%
of cities will enhance
their adaptation actions
adaptation & water
actions taken
assessments of
vulnerability and risk
of cities will enhance
their adaptation actions
203
assessments of
vulnerability and risk
31% 44%
12%
10%
CONTROL BUDGET
38%
32%
31% 44%
OWN/OPERATE
SET VISION
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
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50%
C40
cities are
responding to climate change
risks that
directly threaten urban areas:
CLIMATE
ADAPTATION:
WATER
MANAGEMENT:
flooding,
and water stress. These risk TOP
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substantial implications for
TOP FIVEheat
ACTIONS
10% of20%
40%
50%
60%
70% water
80% supply
90%
100%
the
healthsystems
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Early warning
1 Reduce including
leakages inthe
water supply
of
cities. By taking action in climate adaptation
and water management, cities will
2 Crisis management strategies
2 Permeable paving
become more resilient to the impacts of climate change, severe weather and periods
3 Tree planting
3 Storm water retention in new developments
of sudden or long-term climate stress.
ADAPTATION
ICT
40%
ADAPTATION & WATER
SET VISION
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
32%
30%
20%
63%
50%
48%
53%
50%
60%
10%
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powers and city action by
each sector.
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
70%
80%
90%
100%
WATER MANAGEMENT
31%
OWN/OPERATE
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
MASS TRANSIT
12%
63%
29%
CONTROL BUDGET
BUILDINGS
53%
48%
36%
SET VISION
50%
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
ENERGY SUPPLY
ADAPTATION
WATER
WASTE
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE REDUCTION:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
1
Waste collection fees
1
1
2
Outreach/informative
programmes
Low-carbon collection
vehicles
Source separation
policies
2
2
3
Disincentives or bans
on certain waste
(e.g. plastic bags)
Sectoral consolidated
waste collection
Electronic waste
recycling
3
Single waste stream
collection
3
Re-use schemes
4
Reducing packaging
4
4
Municipal recycling
points for business
5
Pay as you throw
Automated (vacuum)
waste collection
5
Geographical
franchising (if private)
5
Incentives for recycling
ICT
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
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report at c40.org/research.
WASTE TREATMENT:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
WASTE COLLECTION:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
28%
OWN/OPERATE
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
CONTROL BUDGET
SET VISION
13%
53%
34%
35%
36%44%
56%
Strong Power
Partial Power
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waste management
actions taken
24
cities are generating
energy from landfill gas
80%
of cities collect
recycling waste
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
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powers and city action by
each sector.
12%
10%
20%
30%
29%
CONTROL BUDGET
WASTE MANAGEMENT
36%
SET VISION
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSIT
BUILDINGS
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
ENERGY SUPPLY
ADAPTATION
40%
50%
63%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
48%
50%
Methane
emissions releasedWASTE
during waste
decompositionWASTE
are a greenhouse
gas
WASTE REDUCTION:
TREATMENT:
COLLECTION:
20
times
more
powerful
than
carbon
dioxide.
City-led
actions
to
reduce
waste
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
generation
and
reuse
or
recycle
materials
are
key
to
curbing
major
driver
of 100%
1 Waste collection fees
1 this
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separation
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reflects actions
2 Outreach/informative
across
six categories (residential,
commercial,
industrial, construction
programmes
2 Electronicand
waste
2 Sectoral
consolidated
recycling
waste collection
demolition,
agricultural,
and
municipal).
3 Disincentives or bans
WASTE MANAGEMENT
on certain waste
(e.g. plastic bags)
WASTE
REDUCTION:
4 Reducing
packaging
TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
5 Pay
as you
throw
3
Single waste stream
collection
3
Re-use schemes
4
Municipal recycling
1
Source separation
policies
Electronic waste
Strong Power
Partial Power
Re-use schemes
WASTE
TREATMENT:
points
for business
TOP
FIVE ACTIONS
5 Incentives
for recycling
WASTE
COLLECTION:
4 Automated
(vacuum)
waste
collection
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
1
Waste collection fees
5
1
2
Outreach/informative
programmes
Geographical
Low-carbon collection
franchising
(if private)
vehicles
2
Sectoral consolidated
2
3
Single waste stream
collection
3
recycling
waste collection
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH
MAYORS HAVE POWER
WATER
WASTE
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ICT
4
Disincentives or bans
on certain waste
(e.g. plastic bags)
OWN/OPERATE
Reducing
packaging
5
Pay as you throw
3
5
13%
28% (vacuum)53%
Automated
waste collection
Geographical
franchising (if private)
Municipal recycling
points for business
5
Incentives for recycling
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
Strong Power
Partial Power
waste management
actions taken
24
1,039
80%
24
cities are generating
energy from landfill gas
waste management
actions taken
of cities collect
recycling waste
cities are generating
energy from landfill gas
80%
of cities collect
recycling waste
28%
53%
36%44%
OWN/OPERATE
SET VISION
13%
10%
20%
30%
34%
40%
56%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
35%
CONTROL BUDGET
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report at c40.org/research.
4
56%
34%
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
CONTROL BUDGET
35%
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
4
1,039
FINANCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
36%44%
FINANCE ACTIONS: TOP FIVE ACTIONS
SET VISION
CLEAN INDUSTRY:
TOP THREE ACTIONS
10%
1
Supporting clean tech clusters
2
Promoting green industry clusters
20%
1
Loans
2
ESCo financing
3
Fiscal incentives
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
3 Green manufacturing
4 Multilateral/Bilateral climate funds
FINANCE
& ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
167
finance & economic
development actions
taken
13%
10%
See below for the mayoral
powers and city action by
each sector.
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSIT
BUILDINGS
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
ENERGY SUPPLY
ADAPTATION
WATER
WASTE
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
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report at c40.org/research.
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
FINANCE
& ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SET VISION
36%44%
Climate
requires investment and access
to capital.
By understanding
the
CLEAN action
INDUSTRY:
FINANCE
ACTIONS:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
approaches
cities
are
employing
across
the
global
C40
network,
individual
cities
TOP THREE ACTIONS
1 Loans
can
appropriate
use them to achieve local investment in
1 identify
Supporting
clean techfinancial
clusters tools and
2 ESCo financing
emissions and risk reduction activities. These efforts can also drive local economic
2 Promoting green industry clusters
3 Fiscal incentives
development through the promotion of green industries and clean technology clusters.
FINANCE
& ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
3 Green manufacturing
4 Multilateral/Bilateral climate funds
5
Adaptation infrastructure finance
CLEAN INDUSTRY:
FINANCE ACTIONS: TOP FIVE ACTIONS
TOP THREE ACTIONS
Strong Power
Loans HAVE POWER
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH1MAYORS
Partial Power
1
Supporting clean tech clusters
2
ESCo financing
2
Promoting green industry clusters
OWN/OPERATE
15%
Green manufacturing
3
Fiscal incentives
4
Multilateral/Bilateral climate funds
5
Adaptation infrastructure finance
3
45%
31%39%
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
Strong Power
Partial Power
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
CONTROL BUDGET
OWN/OPERATE
13%
53%
15%
167
finance & economic
development actions
taken
47%
167
of cities have
finance & economic
established their own
development actions
funds for sustainable
taken
energy projects
47%
of cities have
established their own
funds for sustainable
energy projects
31%39%
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
CONTROL BUDGET
45%
34%
SET VISION
10%
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
56%
35%
CONTROL BUDGET
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ICT
20%
34% 40%
30%
20%
30%
40%
13%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
53%
SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES
SET VISION
34%
COMMUNITY-SCALE
DEVELOPMENT:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
1
HVAC efficiency
standards
2
Environmental impact
assessment
INFORMATION
20%
30%
40%
50%
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (ICT):
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
10%
FOOD &
70%
80%
90%
AGRICULTURE:
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
60%
1
Community gardens
or allotments
2
Farmers’ markets
3
Promote organic/
SUSTAINABLE1 COMMUNITIES
Increasing wireless
hotspots
COMMUNITY-SCALE
3 Tree planting
DEVELOPMENT:
4 Lighting efficiency
TOP standards
FIVE ACTIONS
Increasing access to
internet connection
INFORMATION
2
COMMUNICATIONS
3 Increasing public
access to computers
TECHNOLOGY
(ICT):
FOOD
&
sustainable
farming
AGRICULTURE:
4 Commercial urban
TOP food
FIVEproduction
ACTIONS
100%
1,548
sustainable
communities
actions taken
41%
1,548
of cities cite smart
sustainable
public transport as
10%
13%
CONTROL BUDGET
See below for the mayoral
powers and city action by
each sector.
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSIT
BUILDINGS
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
2
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
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hotspots
Environmental impact
assessment
COMMUNITY-SCALE
3 Tree planting
DEVELOPMENT:
4 Lighting
efficiency
TOP
FIVE ACTIONS
2
ICT
50%
53%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
ADAPTATION
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
40%
As
cities continue to grow and10%INFORMATION
evolve,
they30%must40%
balance
economic
vitality, livability,
COMMUNITY-SCALE
FOOD
20%
50%
60%
70%& 80%
90%
100%
and
resource
constraints,
with
the
impacts
of
climate
change
–
an
ever-increasing
DEVELOPMENT:
COMMUNICATIONS
AGRICULTURE:
challenge.
into integrated
urban planning,
enhancements
in information
TOP FIVE Insights
ACTIONS
TECHNOLOGY
(ICT):
TOP FIVE
ACTIONS
technology,
and
progress
in
establishing
stronger
local
food
sources
are
key gardens
factors in
TOP
FIVE
ACTIONS
1 HVAC efficiency
1 Community
standards
or
allotments
making communities more sustainable,
healthier,
and more successful.
1 Increasing
wireless
1
5
WASTE
30%
SET VISION
34%
SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES
ENERGY SUPPLY
WATER
20%
3
2
2 Increasing access to
INFORMATION
internet connection
COMMUNICATIONS
3 Increasing public
TECHNOLOGY
(ICT):
access to computers
TOP FIVE ACTIONS
standards
HVAC efficiency
Energy
performance
standards
rating for new buildings
Environmental impact
assessment
Tree planting
Smart card ticketing
Increasing wireless
Real-time
hotspots information
on routes and availability
Increasing access to
internet connection
standards
access to computers
4
1
5
2
PERCENT
OF ASSETS OVER3 WHICH
MAYORS
Increasing
public HAVE
4 Lighting efficiency
5 Energy performance
COMMUNITY-SCALE
rating for new buildings
DEVELOPMENT
4
Smart card ticketing
5
Real-time information
on routes and availability
28%
OWN/OPERATE
Farmers’ markets
2
food production
Community gardens
Reducing
application of
or allotments
pesticides and chimcal
Farmers’
fertilizers markets
Promote organic/
sustainable farming
Strong Power
POWER
4 Commercial
urbanPower
Partial
food production
3
5
51%
Reducing application of
pesticides and chimcal
fertilizers
Strong Power
Partial Power
PERCENT OF ASSETS OVER WHICH MAYORS HAVE POWER
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
23%
53%
COMMUNITY-SCALE
DEVELOPMENT
CONTROL BUDGET
30% 40%
OWN/OPERATE
28%
51%
SET VISION
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
CONTROL BUDGET
23%
10%
20%
30%
40%
33%
19%
OWN/OPERATE
10%
16%
20%
22%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
47%
43%
30%
40%
50%
sustainable
of cities cite smart
communities
public transport as
actions
an area taken
for future
development
41%
78%
of cities cite smart
public
as
of citiestransport
plan to expand
an area for future
community-scale
development
development actions
already in progress
78%
of cities plan to expand
community-scale
development actions
already in progress
47%
53%
30% 40%
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATIONS
SET VISION
TECHNOLOGY
(ICT)
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
INFORMATION
33%
sustainable
communities
actions taken
1,548
41%
FOOD
& organic/
3 Promote
sustainable farming
AGRICULTURE:
4 Commercial
urban
TOP
FIVE ACTIONS
1
5
1,548
10%
See below for the mayoral
powers and city action by
each sector.
20%
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
19%
16%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
CONTROL BUDGET
9%
SET VISION
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
43%
22%
MASS TRANSIT
OUTDOOR LIGHTING
40%
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
OWN/OPERATE
BUILDINGS
30%
26%
11%
49%
ENERGY SUPPLY
10%
ADAPTATION
WATER
WASTE
FINANCE & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ICT
COMMUNITYSCALE
DEVELOPMENT
20%
30%
40%
50%
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
29% 42%
OWN/OPERATE
20%
SET/ENFORCE POLICES
CONTROL BUDGET
16%
37%
32%
25%
SET VISION
10%
20%
30%
51%
40%
50%
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
C40 CITIES: THE POWER TO ACT
You can download the full
report at c40.org/research.
Climate Action in Megacities 2.0 presents data on the 59 C40 cities
associated with the survey; it does not include information on any other
cities outside the C40 network. The results or statements from this
analysis cannot be taken as representative of all cities globally.
Download the full report at www.c40.org/research.
C40 CITIES: THE POWER TO ACT
Climate Action in Megacities 2.0 presents data on the 59 C40 cities associated with the survey; it does not
include information on any other cities outside the C40 network. The results or statements from this analysis
cannot be taken as representative of all cities globally. You can download the full report at www.c40.org/research.