City of Sydney’s carbon inventory estimates for the year 2018/19 based on Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC). The City of Sydney is compliant with international reporting standards such as the Compact of Mayors, CDP and C40, and has committed to working with cities across the globe to use consistent best practices in GHG emissions accounting. As a result, the City estimates its community-wide GHG emissions using the GPC Protocol for Cities.

City of Sydney community greenhouse gas emissions data in tCO2e by sectors from baseline 2005/06 to data available for the latest financial year. Data includes emissions from electricity, gas, transport, waste and wastewater, largely derived from utility and statistical government data sets. GHG emissions sources: Electricity: Total greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the production and distribution of electricity used by all building sectors in the City of Sydney local government area. Gas: Total greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the distribution and use of natural gas by all building sectors in the City of Sydney local government area. Transport: Total greenhouse gas emissions from residential and work transport across all modes. Waste: Total greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the transport and disposal of residential and non-residential waste within the City of Sydney local government area. Wastewater: Total greenhouse gas emissions from estimated wastewater generated within the City of Sydney local government area

This dataset contains the Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from activities taking place within the geographic boundary of the City of Melbourne Local Government Area. The City of Melbourne uses the Global Protocol for communities (GPC) method to measure and report municipal greenhouse emissions. Emissions are reported annually through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) platform, which is a requirement of Global Covenant of Mayors and C40 membership. Emission sources are broken down across the sectors: Stationary energy, Transportation and Waste. They are categorized by their "scope" which distinguishes between emissions that physically occur within the city (scope 1), from those that occur from the use of electricity and supplied by grids potentially crossing city boundaries (scope 2), from those that occur outside the city but are driven by activities taking place within the city’s boundaries (scope 3). All GHG emissions are presented in units of metric tonnes CO2 equivalent (tCO2e). In cases where there are limitations on data availability notation keys have been used. NO indicates that an activity or process does not occur or exist within the city. IE signifies GHG emissions for this activity are presented in another category of the inventory. NE is used when emissions occur but have not been estimated or reported due to unavailability of data. Preparing and reporting this data helps us to understand where the city's emissions come from. It allows us to plan our emission reduction activities to take effective action to mitigate climate change.

This dataset contains the Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from activities taking place within the geographic boundary of the City of Melbourne Local Government Area. The City of Melbourne uses the Global Protocol for communities (GPC) method to measure and report municipal greenhouse emissions. Emissions are reported annually through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) platform, which is a requirement of Global Covenant of Mayors and C40 membership. Emission sources are broken down across the sectors: Stationary energy, Transportation and Waste. They are categorized by their "scope" which distinguishes between emissions that physically occur within the city (scope 1), from those that occur from the use of electricity and supplied by grids potentially crossing city boundaries (scope 2), from those that occur outside the city but are driven by activities taking place within the city’s boundaries (scope 3). All GHG emissions are presented in units of metric tonnes CO2 equivalent (tCO2e). In cases where there are limitations on data availability notation keys have been used. NO indicates that an activity or process does not occur or exist within the city. IE signifies GHG emissions for this activity are presented in another category of the inventory. NE is used when emissions occur but have not been estimated or reported due to unavailability of data. Preparing and reporting this data helps us to understand where the city's emissions come from. It allows us to plan our emission reduction activities to take effective action to mitigate climate change.

The compilation of Australia’s emissions data — called the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory — is undertaken centrally by the Department of the Environment. Although not legislatively required to report on our emissions, ACC have generated a GHG Inventory report on it's energy usage on a yearly basis since 2010. Australia’s National Greenhouse Accounts conform to the international guidelines adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The National Greenhouse Gas Inventory is reviewed annually by a team of international experts. Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory is supported by a set of institutional arrangements which is designed to facilitate close coordination of the compilation of the inventory, efficient emissions data management, broadly based quality assurance processes and secure and reliable data collections. More information including metadata can be found at: http://www.environment.gov.au/climate-change/greenhouse-gas-measurement/publications/national-greenhouse-accounts-factors-dec-2014

This page provides information for the Community Carbon Neutrality performance measure.

City of Sydney greenhouse gas community emissions by modes of transport, from baseline 2005/06 to data available for the latest financial year. This data is estimated using statistical datasets provided by the NSW government and other datasets.

From our high quality facilities to local services and initiatives, the City of Sydney is dedicated to delivering the best city environment for business, work, living and recreation. Our local area covers approximately 26.15 square kilometres and is home to over 215,000 estimated residents (2021). More information on areas of service