Activity Database

HEAT+ is ICLEI’s multilingual online emissions inventory tool to help local governments to make informed climate action decisions and identify the most effective measures for GHG emission abatement.

Find out more at heat.iclei.org 

In order to take accurate actions against climate change, it is fundamental to know the exact data. ICLEI USA developed and maintains an online suite of emissions management tools packaged together in an application known as ClearPath. The software is based on the Greenhouse Gas emissions protocols and allows cities to calculate, forecast, plan, and monitor emissions under all community and local government operations protocols.

Find out more at ClearPath

Consistent reporting and tracking of climate action are critical to meeting local, regional, national and global climate targets. However, tracking systems, where they exist, are rarely integrated. This sort of parallel tracking makes it difficult to get a clear picture of climate action above the local level, as a way to inform more targeted policy and action.

Local and regional governments can report their climate data through the ICLEI and CDP unified reporting system to monitor climate mitigation and adaptation commitments, plans, actions, and performance.

The carbonn® Center supports cities, towns, and regions by developing robust reporting practices that enhance transparency, accountability and credibility, encouraging measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV) local climate action.

Find out more at carbonn.org 

ICLEI can help raise ambition and connect cities, towns, and regions that are seeking to solve the problems of climate change.

The GreenClimateCities (GCC) Program offers cities a proven process methodology for walking step-by-step toward climate neutrality. The methodology and its associated Measuring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) framework were tested by the cities engaged in the Urban-LEDS project.

Find out more about the GreenClimateCities Program 

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) is the largest global alliance for city climate leadership across the globe.

Through participating in working groups of GCoM, ICLEI provides technical guidance which addresses mitigation and adaptation in specific data-related sub-groups, including Emissions and Targets; Climate Action Planning; Resilience; and Access to Energy. ICLEI also participates in non-data-related groups, including Access to Finance; Governance and Regional Coherence; Research; and Communications.

ICLEI has a representative in each group and sub-group, submits written comments, and attends calls and in-person meetings. The goal is to unify and centralize how data are reported, using which channels, and how is it communicated to global stakeholders. ICLEI also provides data revision toward GCoM requirements for ICLEI Members and network of cities.

Find out more at globalcovenantofmayors.org

Human activities contribute a significant and growing proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the increased demand for energy and other services in urban areas – also driven by rapid population growth – exacerbating the climate challenge. There is an urgent need for actions that will substantially contribute to the Paris Agreements’ climate targets, to stay well below 1.5 Degrees Celsius.

Under the Urban-LEDS Phase II project funded by the European Commission, UN-Habitat and ICLEI are jointly implementing this project to address integrated climate action in local governments and their cities. Using ICLEI’s GreenClimateCities process methodology, technical guidance and capacity development are provided to selected local governments, also mobilizing cities to commit to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), exploring access to financing and supporting multilevel governance to enable effective action.

Find out more at urban-leds.org