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Mission

to accelerate solutions to climate change and water management by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decision making

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CDP at a Glance

3,600+
Organizations reporting via CDP in 2011

90%
Proportion of Euro 300 companies reporting via CDP in 2011.

81%
Proportion of Global 500 companies reporting via CDP in 2011

CDP Cities
Enables annual reporting for cities
Secure online reporting platform Public or private disclosure options

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2012 Information Request

Quantitative and qualitative questions
Physical risks Adaptation plans GHG emissions Reduction activities Governance structure Water

Risks and Opportunities

Strategy

GHG Emissions

Governance

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2011 Results

48

total reporting cities

Immediate climate change risks

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60% of Karachi residents live in slum areas and do not have adequate facilities to sustain heat waves - Karachi City District Government

Completing this response has opened up to us new vistas on how to tackle the climate change challenge. It has exposed in great detail that we are yet to set carbon emission standards and why it is important that we must do so. Lagos, Nigeria city government

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Lessons Learned
Who is asking for the data?
How data will be used Low-barrier to entry No scoring or ranking All questions optional Power of annual reporting Translation to local languages
CDP is to the future of business what the X-ray was to the thenfuture of medicine without it, we would never have seen the insides of the patient's health.

Christiana Figueres

Persistent and positive

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Contact

2012 report
Kyra Appleby Account Manager, CDP Cities kyra.appleby@cdproject.net +44 (0) 20 7415 7031 Skype: KyraRaia Twitter: @AppleKyra

June launch!

www.cdpcitiesmap2011.com
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