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Home > Cities > Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tools and Datasets: Guide for Cities > SCATTER

Tool: SCATTER

SCATTER is an online tool developed by sustainability consultant Anthesis providing GHG emissions data and climate action planning functionalities for United Kingdom local authorities.

Specifications

Suitable for which city climate journey stage? Establishing an emissions baseline
Tool strengths - Aligned with GPC and CRF
- Publicly available methodology
- Does not require data input or resource efforts from users
- Provides a comprehensive inventory across most scopes and sectors
- GHG emissions data is integrated into carbon reduction pathways planning tool
Tool limitations - No functionality for cities to input their own local data to improve the accuracy of the output
- Only available for local authorities in United Kingdom
Geographic location/countries United Kingdom
Language English
Accessibility Free to use for United Kingdom local authorities
Methodology
Activity data is downscaled from United Kingdom national government statistics and multiplied together with national emission factors to calculate emissions for all United Kingdom local authorities.
Documentation of methodology scattercities.com
Data quality/verified by 3rd party The data is not formally verified but SCATTER follows a quality assurance/quality control procedure on the inventory analysis.
Alignment with global standards and protocols (eg GPC and CRF ) Aligned with GPC and CRF
Emissions scopes 1, 2 and some some Scope 3 subsectors
GHGs CO2, CH4, N2O
Sectors included Stationary energy, transport, waste, AFOLU and IPPU
Scopes, GHGs and sectors excluded GHGs: HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3.
Temporal resolution Annual
Spatial resolution City boundary
Functionality for city to make adjustments No functionality for cities to input their own local emissions data.
Latest accounting year 2019
Frequency of data updates Unknown
Units Metric tonnes (t CO2e)
Using the tool, data outputs and how it can be exported Cities can register to use the tool on the SCATTER website. From there, the pre-populated data can be exported as an excel spreadsheet in the CRF format. The output results in a baseline inventory that satisfies GCoM and is aligned with the format of the CRF.
Import into CDP-ICLEI Track The “CDP” tab in the download allows import into CDP-ICLEI Track (Emissions summary table)
Additional tool functionalities Provides additional functionalities to model carbon reduction pathways to help local authorities plan their climate action.
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