Adding to its ever-growing list of accolades, the City of Cape Town recently announced that the Mother City is officially the only African city to have received an A-rating for climate action and transparency in 2023.
This is according to the 2023 Cities A-List published by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global non-profit that regulates the world’s environmental disclosure system for states, cities and companies.
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Since its initiation in 2018, the CDP works to recognise the contributions and commitment of cities in their mission against climate change – and the City has retained its A-list status each year since 2019.
According to the City, the CDP scores cities from A to D based on their climate change response disclosure each year. The score indicates how effectively cities are managing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate risks.
To score an A, a city must disclose its climate actions through the CDPICLEI Track, have a city-wide emissions inventory, and have a published climate action plan. The city must also complete a climate risk and vulnerability assessment, as well as have a climate adaptation goal to demonstrate how it will tackle climate hazards.
It was recorded that only 13% of the over 930 cities that were scored received an A.
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Commenting on the A-List rating, the City said that it affirmed the city’s status as Africa’s leading city for climate action.
‘At a policy level, we have committed to achieving the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050,’ the City said. ‘This commitment is embedded in our Climate Change Strategy and related Action Plan, which set the pathway towards this goal.’
Carbon neutrality, the City explains, involves introducing new technologies to clean up the fuels and activities that cause greenhouse gas emissions and global warming while enhancing our social, economic and environmental goals.
Additionally, the City expressed that it’s A-List rating acts as an important signal to the international investor community and finance institutions, who invest in relation to this level of climate action transparency.
‘Investor confidence is vital for delivering on our R120 billion 10-year infrastructure portfolio, which includes major climate action projects to build energy and water security,’ the City added.
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