The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy and C40 Cities, in close collaboration with the Federal Government of Brazil, have announced the development of the City Climate Compass. This pioneering digital dashboard consolidates climate data from all 5,570 Brazilian municipalities, offering an integrated view of local greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks, and priority high-impact actions.
Developed under the Green Resilient Cities Model, the Compass strengthens Brazil’s Green Resilient Cities Program and supports local governments in identifying and implementing high-impact mitigation and adaptation measures.
Together, PCVR and this new prototype dashboard represent a critical step forward in addressing one of the most persistent challenges faced by local governments worldwide: the difficulty in accessing, processing, and harmonising disparate climate data to inform policy and track real-world progress.
City officials often struggle to bridge the gap between setting ambitious climate targets and securing the data and technical support necessary for implementing bankable projects. PCVR and the City Climate Compass address this bottleneck directly.
The prototype City Climate Compass was developed in collaboration with cities, including those in the Green Resilient Cities Program cohort.
Since October 2024, data and insights have been collected directly from municipal teams, ensuring that the platform accurately reflects local needs and capacities, while integrating national datasets, validated methodologies, and feedback.
The initial beneficiaries of this tool are the first 50 municipalities participating in Brazil’s Green Resilient Cities Program. These cities were also instrumental in shaping the platform by validating preliminary results and providing continuous feedback to ensure the tool truly responds to local realities and needs.
Following this collaborative development phase, all Brazilian municipalities will now have free access to the same robust suite of resources through the City Climate Compass, including detailed assessments of their local climate context, comprehensive emissions and climate risk profiles, and strategic recommendations for both mitigation and adaptation measures – all driven by a robust, AI-assisted evidence base geared towards delivering the greatest reduction in emissions and increase in climate-resilient development.
The City Climate Compass is a prototype that is slated for further consultation, development, and refinement to ensure it meets the needs of cities, states, regions, and the national government across Brazil.
This collaborative approach will explore how the City Climate Compass can be refined, strengthened, and ultimately scaled, not just across all cities in Brazil, but also as a model for local governments and countries worldwide seeking to empower local leaders in the fight against the climate crisis.
Complementing the Compass, GCoM, and the Association of Brazilian Municipalities, an intensive online training course was also launched in Brazil, empowering local practitioners to utilise the Data Portal for Cities, the flagship GCoM tool containing GHG inventory data for nearly 60,000 communities across 12 countries, to build comprehensive, high-quality emissions inventories.
