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CDP Cities 2011 Global Report on C40 Cities Report written for Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Carbon Disclosure Project by: +44 (0) 207 970 5660 cities@ Foreword Foreword Michael Bloomberg Mayor of New York City and Chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) Throughout my career as a businessman, mayor and now chair of the C40, I have learned the critical connection between good data and good decisions: if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. That’s true in business, and it’s true in government. Only by regularly and rigorously measuring and analyzing our efforts can we learn what works, what doesn’t, and take effective action. The data in this report has been compiled from a voluntary disclosure process in which C40 cities reported standardized information about their climate impact and associated plans for action. Aside from limited academic studies, no systematic reporting of carbon emissions currently exists across the large cities of the world. It is the first of its kind, and more than a symbolic gesture… This candid report establishes an invaluable