Cities Climate Action Report Card

This project evaluates the transparency, integrity and leadership of cities’ decarbonization policies.

Overview

The Cities Climate Action Report Card (CCARC) serves as a framework for evaluating the transparency, integrity, and leadership of cities’ decarbonization and net-zero pledges, plans, and implementation efforts. The framework operationalizes expert recommendations for high-integrity climate action  into a set of indicators to assess city climate mitigation action for transparent communication and alignment with high-integrity standards.

Objectives

• Developing a framework to evaluate the transparency, integrity and leadership of cities’ decarbonization and net-zero actions that aligns with international frameworks
• Creating a comparable benchmark for cities to determine good net-zero practice
• Identifying gaps and areas for further policy attention.

Insights

The Report

• Cities_Climate_Action_Report_Card_Nov2024
• Cities Climate Action Report Card – Evaluation Framework Summary
• CCARC_Appendix A – Methodology
• CCARC_Appendix B – Indicator Table

Background Reading

Contributors

Christian Chung

Duke University, Master of Public Policy Student

Collaborators and Sponsors