C-FACT for Cities
Greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction solutions for sustainable cities
The City Finance Approach to Climate-Stabilising Targets (C-FACT) helps cities set scientific and economic-based targets for measuring and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Based on Autodesk's unique corporate GHG target-setting methodology, C-FACT makes it easy and cost-effective for city leaders to set both absolute and intensity carbon footprint reduction goals.
We invite sustainable cities to adopt and build upon C-FACT to further improve the model.
An Openly Available Method for Setting Climate-Stabilising Greenhouse Gas Targets for Cities
C-FACT Recommended Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Target Setting for Cities
The C-FACT methodology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
The city- and environmentally-friendly C-FACT approach simplifies the process of deriving a city's greenhouse gas (GHG) target in four basic steps.
- Step 1: Calculate a climate stabilisation target relative to your city's economic value.
- Step 2: Commit publicly to a specific time frame for achieving your GHG reduction goal.
- Step 3: Annualise the reduction goals over your commitment time frame to set yearly targets for your city.
- Step 4: Adjust by updating data annually to calculate revised targets based on your progress and publish annual performance results.
This methodology helped Autodesk win the number-one spot in the first-ever science-based GHG ranking of public companies (US site).
C-FACT for Beginners
Watch a step-by-step walkthrough of the C-FACT methodology using the beginner's version of the C-FACT companion spreadsheet to auto-calculate your city's GHG reduction goal.
C-FACT for Advanced Users
Watch a step-by-step walkthrough of the advanced version of the C-FACT companion spreadsheet, to auto-calculate your city's GHG reduction goal.
