States and Regions Annual Disclosure

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General

Name of initiative States and Regions Annual Disclosure
LPAA initiative Yes
NAZCA Initiative Yes
Website address https://www.theclimategroup.org/Annual-Disclosure
Related initiatives
Starting year 2014
End year
Secretariat The Climate Group, 2nd Floor, Riverside Building, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB, United Kingdom, Phone: +44 (0)20 7960 2970, e-mail: info@theclimategroup.org and HQuintana@theclimategroup.org
Organisational structure It is a partnership between the Climate Group and CDP.
Geographical coverage Global
Name of lead organisation The Climate Group
Type of lead organisation NGO/Civil Society
Location/Nationality of lead organisation United Kingdom

Description

Description In partnership with CDP, the Annual Disclosure provides a transparent, global picture of the impact, progress and climate action driven by state and regional governments. All states, provinces and regions are invited to disclose to CDP, including members of the Under2 Coalition and the States & Regions Alliance.

The Climate Group and CDP are united in their firm belief in the vital role that state and regional governments play in driving climate action and delivering sustainable economies that avoid dangerous climate change and lead to a net-zero emissions world. State and regional government’s climate action is fundamental to delivering the Paris Agreement and the disclosed data drives CDP’s analytical bench-marking, commitment tracking and data management; and The Climate Group’s governments networks, peer learning, policy work and promotion of climate leadership.

Objectives To showcase the level of ambition of states and regions globally, while at the same time taking stock of progress on climate mitigation.

Increase Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems for states and regions to take stock of their emissions and develop more targeted and effective emissions reduction efforts, both within and beyond state borders.

Activities Each year, The Climate Group and CDP call upon state and regional governments to publicly disclose their climate targets and actions, emissions inventories, and other climate information. This helps governments to better understand the risks and opportunities presented by their emissions profiles and increase the impact of their climate actions. The first Annual Disclosure Report was released at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC in Paris in December 2015 and applauded by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
One or two success stories achieved • In 2019, 11 states and regions disclosed targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier.

• An average of 45% of electricity generated in reporting states and regions comes from renewable sources, compared to a global average of 25%.

Monitoring and Impacts

Sustainable Development Impact:
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Function of initiative Implementation
Activity of initiative Goal setting (ex-ante), Technical operational implementation (ex-post)
Indicators
Goals -Increase the number of state and regional governments reporting their climate data annually to the Annual Disclosure.

-Encourage all regions to set and disclose more ambitious public mid-term and long-term GHG reduction targets and disclose their progress.

Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals The number of state and regional governments committed transparency continues to grow year-on-year, with 44 governments publicly disclosing in 2015, 62 in 2016 and 110 in 2017 – a 150% increase in just two years. Together these governments represent 18% of the global economy and 658 million citizens. A total of 2,399 individual climate actions were disclosed across nine sectors to reduce emissions and enable the transition to low carbon economies.

The Annual Disclosure 2017 Update, calculated that cumulative savings by comparing disclosed GHG emissions by states and regions to the IEA’s reference technology scenario (RTS) will account for 21.9 GtCO2e by 2050. And short-term ambition is also compatible with a 2°C world. However, ambitious long-term targets are needed to match the rate of decarbonization required up to 2050. For further analysis, please refer to the Annual Disclosure Annex, available at: TheClimateGroup.org/Annual-Disclosure.

Since the released of the first Annual Disclosure Report in 2015, states and regions have (i) on average achieved an 8.5% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to the state and regional governments' base years, (ii) disclosed climate targets backed by over 2,300 climate actions, spanning ten different sectors (agriculture, buildings and lighting, energy, finance and economy, governance, industry, land use, transport, waste and water), an 80% increase on 2016, and (iii) committed to 290 targets for emissions reductions, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

How are you tracking progress of your initiative Each year the Annual Disclosure provides an assessment of the commitments and progress toward those commitments by state and regional governments around the world to support international climate governance processes. The report publishes updated projections of disclosed GHG emissions targets compared to illustrative emissions scenarios to keep track of the Paris’s Agreement long-term goal – of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

It also calculates annual and cumulative emissions savings by comparing the projected GHG emissions disclosed by states and regions to a set of emissions scenarios for the years 2020, 2030 and 2050. For the Annual Disclosure 2017 Update, projections of the disclosed GHG emissions were compared to three scenarios calculated using data and analysis from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Technologies Perspectives 2017 (ETP 2017) report – including a 2°C scenario (2DS) and a beyond 2°C scenario (B2DS).

Available reporting Data collected by the Annual Disclosure will be provided to the NAZCA database and be included in the Annual Disclosure report. All Annual Disclosure reports are available for download at: TheClimateGroup.org/Annual-Disclosure. For more details on the data, explore the Annual Disclosure Annex and the States and Regions Analytics tool.

Participants

Participants Number Names
Members 124  
Companies 0
Business organisations 0
Research and educational organisations 0
Non-governmental organisations 0
National states 0
Governmental actors 0
Regional / state / county actors 124 Abruzzo (Italy),  Acre (Brazil),  Akershus (Norway),  Aland (Finland),  Alberta (Canada),  Amapa (Brazil),  Amazonas (Peru),  Amazonas (Brazil),  Andalusia (Spain),  Attica (Greece),  Australian Capital Territory (Australia),  Azores (Portugal),  Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany),  Baja California (Mexico),  Basilicata (Italy),  Basque Country (Spain),  Bavaria (Germany),  British Columbia (Canada),  Brittany (France),  California (United States of America),  Campeche (Mexico),  Cantabria (Spain),  Catalonia (Spain),  Centre Nord (Burkina Faso),  Chefchaouen (Morocco),  Chhattisgarh (India),  Chungcheongnam-Do (Republic of Korea),  Colima (Mexico),  Comunidade Intermunicipal do Baixo Alentejo (Portugal),  Comunidade Intermunicipal do Médio Tejo (Portugal),  Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste (Portugal),  Comunidade Intermunicipal do Tâmega e Sousa (Portugal),  Connecticut (United States of America),  Cross River State (Nigeria),  Drenthe (Netherlands),  Emilia-Romagna (Italy),  Estado de Mexico (Mexico),  Flevoland (Netherlands),  Galicia (Spain),  Gossas (Senegal),  Gotland (Sweden),  Greater Wellington Regional Council (New Zealand),  Guanajuato (Mexico),  Gujarat (India),  Hawaii (United States of America),  Helsinki-Uusimaa (Finland),  Hesse (Germany),  Huánuco (Peru),  Jalisco (Mexico),  Jammu and Kashmir (India),  Jamtland (Sweden),  KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa),  La Reunion (Réunion),  Limpopo (South Africa),  Lombardy (Italy),  Loreto (Peru),  Lower Austria (Austria),  Lower Saxony (Germany),  Madeira (Portugal),  Madre de Dios (Peru),  Mato Grosso (Brazil),  Metropolitan Area of Aburrá Valley (Colombia),  Minnesota (United States of America),  Misiones (Argentina),  Nariño (Colombia),  Navarra (Spain),  New Caledonia (France),  New South Wales Government (Australia),  New York State (United States of America),  Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada),  Nord Trondelag (Norway),  Nordland (Norway),  North Brabant (Netherlands),  North Denmark Region (Denmark),  North Kalimantan (Indonesia),  North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany),  Northwest Territories (Canada),  Nuevo León (Mexico),  Oaxaca (Mexico),  Occitanie (France),  Opole Voivodeship (Poland),  Oppland (Norway),  Oregon (United States of America),  Papua (Indonesia),  Pernambuco (Brazil),  Piedmont (Italy),  Piura Region (Peru),  Prince Edward Island (Canada),  Quebec (Canada),  Queensland (Australia),  Queretaro (Mexico),  Quintana Roo (Mexico),  Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany),  Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil),  Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil),  Rivera (Uruguay),  Saint Louis (Senegal),  San Martín (Peru),  Santa Catarina (Brazil),  Santa Elena (Ecuador),  Santa Fe (Argentina),  Sao Paulo State (Brazil),  Sardinia (Italy),  Schleswig-Holstein (Germany),  Scotland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),  Sonora (Mexico),  South Australia (Australia),  South Holland (Netherlands),  Southern Ostrobothnia (Finland),  State Government of Victoria (Australia),  Tabasco (Mexico),  Thuringia (Germany),  Tocantins (Brazil),  Tucuman (Argentina),  Ucayali (Peru),  Upper Austria (Austria),  Wales (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),  Wallonia (Belgium),  Washington (United States of America),  West Bengal (India),  West Kalimantan (Indonesia),  Western Cape (South Africa),  Western Province (Sri Lanka),  Yucatan (Mexico)
City / municipal actors 0
Intergovernmental organisations 0
Financial Institutions 0
Faith based organisations 0
Other members 0
Supporting partners 0
Number of members in the years
2015
44
2016
62
2017
110
2018
120
2019
124
Have only national states as participators No


Theme

Transport Agriculture Forestry Business Financial institutions Buildings Industry Waste Cities and subnational governments Short Term Pollutants International maritime transport Energy Supply Fluorinated gases Energy efficiency Renewable energy Supply chain emission reductions Adaptation Other Resilience Innovation Energy Access and Efficiency Private Finance
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Last update: 15 November 2019 12:17:05

Not only have national states as participators