States and regions play a vital role in combating climate change and catalyzing the transition to sustainable economies.

Home > Cities > States and regions

States and regions

CDP provides a global platform for states and regions to measure, manage and disclose their environmental impacts. Over 120 state and regional governments disclose to CDP from 32 countries, representing over 672 million people, 21% of the global economy and over 5 GtCO2e. The climate actions disclosed by states and regions, as well as CDP analysis, can be viewed and downloaded on our Open Data Portal.

CDP partners with The Climate Group on the Under2Coalition, Regions4 on RegionsAdapt, and the UNFCCC on NAZCA.

Latest report

Annual disclosure

6.2%

States and regions have committed to decarbonize at a rate of 6.2% a year (3.2% faster than national governments)

2030

In the US, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the UK, states and regions have more ambitious targets than their national governments

An average emissions reduction of 9% achieved by states and regions compared to base years

15 mins read

States and Regions Climate Tracker

How states and regions are taking action on climate change.

Open Data Portal

Explore our open data portal to gain a comprehensive insight on climate mitigation, risks and adaptation.

Why disclose? Opportunities and insights

A global standard Easy to do Become a leader

CDP’s expertise in environmental disclosure stems from pioneering and founding the world’s only global natural capital reporting system, which has been running since 2000.

Ranked 1st in the highly acclaimed “Rate the Raters” review, CDP is a trusted brand with expert knowledge on disclosure.

We hold the most comprehensive collection globally of primary corporate environmental data from companies, cities, states and regions.

Provide as much or as little information as you have access to, report this information either privately or publicly, and do this either through CDP’s online platform or offline.

CDP’s online platform is available in seven languages with support and guidance on how to disclose.

Disclosing through CDP is completely free of charge.

“This data is evidence of what we have long understood – that sub-national governments have an important role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, combatting climate change and supporting the transition to a low carbon economy.” Kathleen Wynne, Premier, Ontario

Joining the Compact shows your climate mitigation plans are backed by public, transparent information that's updated year-on-year.

It is the go-to initiative for state and regional governments to show transparent leadership on the measurement, management and reduction of their territorial GHG emissions.

Insights Opportunities Results

75%

of disclosing states and regions are taking climate action to reduce emissions, adapt to climate change, or finance the clean economy transition.

of global GHG emissions are reported to CDP by states and regions, equivalent to the emissions of 873 coal-fired power stations in a year.

2°

Disclosing states and regions with GHG reduction targets are moving towards a well-below 2 degree world by 2050.

"There is strong interest in sharing best practice at this level of government, which demonstrates that climate action must and can be from the bottom up." - Johannes Remmel, Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Affairs, North Rhine-Westphalia

"With a challenge as serious as climate change and an opportunity as great as green growth ... people should know how their government and different sectors are delivering." - Carl Sargeant, Minister for Natural Resources, Welsh Government

Join the Compact of States and Regions to transparently disclose your climate change reduction progress or GHG emissions reduction target setting and inventory development.

50%

of states and regions disclosing had opportunities for private sector investment in projects with positive climate impacts.

40%

of disclosing states and regions have conducted a climate change risk or vulnerability assessment; over 10% of these have a target for their government operations.

45%

have a plan to address climate change, with over 85% of these disclosing their full adaptation plans.

Start to measure, manage and take action on the impacts of climate change by disclosing through CDP's states and regions initiative.

Disclosing states and regions

Need help?

Please contact your CDP account manager.

Our states and regions team
+44 (0)203 818 3918
[email protected]

A full suite of support, guidance documents and webinars can be accessed through your dashboard when you log in.

Please see further guidance on how to use our reporting platform and start your disclosure.

States and regions questionnaire

Questionnaire for states and regions disclosing to the 2019 states and regions request

States and regions reporting guidance

Reporting guidance for states and regions disclosing to the 2019 states and regions questionnaire

Recorded webinars

All our webinars varying from basic platform guides to getting useful tips on how to develop a greenhouse gas inventory

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. By continuing to use our site you accept our use of cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy for details.