The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a global climate change reporting system. Over 3,000 organizations in 60 countries measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, water management and climate change strategies through CDP. The data is made publically available.
Last year CDP announced a new program called CDP Cities, designed for cities to report on their green house gas (GHG) emissions and strategies for addressing climate change. Mayor Bloomberg of New York, Chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), points out in the first CDP Cities annual report that the half of the world’s population that now live in cities are responsible for more than 70 percent of the world’s GHG production. The cities participating in the 2011 CDP Cities program are responsible for 21 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and produce 12 percent of the world’s GHG emissions.
This year CDP is expanding their questionnaire to the world’s 150 most populous cities. Other cities are also encouraged to report their carbon emissions data.
Autodesk is a lead sponsor of CDP Cities and is providing subject matter expertise with respect to sustainable design for geospatial, civil infrastructure, and architecture.
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