Covenant of Mayors: 2023 assessment

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Table of Contents

• Abstract 5
• Acknowledgements 6
• Executive summary 7
• 1 Introduction 10
• 1.1 The Covenant of Mayors history commitments and reporting requirements 11
• 1.2 The role of the Joint Research Centre in the Covenant of Mayors 13
• 2 Dataset construction and cleaning 15
• 2.1 MyCovenant data management 15
• 2.2 Signatories and commitments 16
• 2.3 Submitted action plans 21
• 2.4 Monitoring reports 25
• 3 Approach and methodology on mitigation 28
• 3.1 The Covenant of Mayors approach to mitigation 28
• 3.2 Statistical analysis 31
• 3.2.1 Harnessing the information in the GCoM datasets MyCovenant 31
• 3.2.2 Harnessing the information in the GCoM datasets CDP-ICLEI Track 32
• 3.2.3 Statistical methods for estimati 32
• 4 Results on mitigation 34
• 4.1 Emission reduction targets 34
• 4.2 Baseline emission inventories 35
• 4.2.1 Baseline year 35
• 4.2.2 GHG emissions in latest available GHG emission inventories 36
• 4.3 Monitoring emission inventories 39
• 4.3.1 Monitoring years 39
• 4.3.2 Reported progress in the European Union from BEIs to MEI 41
• 4.4 Climate change mitigation actions and measures 43
• 4.4.1 Actionsmeasures by area of intervention 45
• 4.4.2 Actionsmeasures by policy instrument 47
• 4.4.3 Actionsmeasures by origin of the action 49
• 5 Approach and methodology on adaptation 50
• 5.1 The Covenant 50
• 5.2 Datasets and data analysis 51
• 6 Results on adaptation 52
• 6.1 Adaptation goals 52
• 6.2 Risk and Vulnerability Assessments RVAs 52
• 6.2.1 Climate hazards 52
• 6.2.2 Vulnerable sectors 62
• 6.2.3 Vulnerable population groups 65
• 6.3 Climate adaptation actions and measures 67
• 6.3.1 Actions and most addressed climate hazards 68
• 6.3.2 Actions and most targeted vulnerable sectors 69
• 6.3.3 Actions and most targeted vulnerable population groups 70
• 6.4 A and potential incoherence among RVA and actions 70
• 6.4.1 Climate hazards in RVA and actions 71
• 6.4.2 Vulnerable sectors in RVA and actions 72
• 6.4.3 Vulnerable population groups in RVA and actions 73
• 6.5 Monitoring and implementation 74
• 6.6 Cross-sectorial and co-benefit actions 74
• 7 General conclusions on mitigation and adaptation 76
• 7.1 Overall considerations 76
• 7.2 Main findings 76
• 7.3 Final conclusions 78
• References 80
• List of abbreviations formulations and definitions 82
• List of boxes 84
• List of figures 85
• List of tables 87
• Annexes 88
• Getting in touch with the EU 96
• Finding information about the EU 96
• The Joint Research Centre JRC provides independent evidence-based knowledge and science supporting EU policies to positively impact society 97
• EU Science Hub 97