The NZC impact pathways, theory of change, monitoring, evaluation and framework with indicators
Quick read: https://netzerocities.app/QR-Monitoring (to be updated)
Download the pdf version of the figure, with interactive links to the portal content per category
Impact Pathways and Indicators - Presentation Slides (PDF) https://netzerocities.app/file-b5488aeff42889188d03c9895255cecc
Co-creating Impact Pathways and Indicators for your City's Climate-neutrality Transition– Presentation Slides
Co-creating Impact Pathways and Indicators for your City's Climate-neutrality Transition: A 7-Step Process - (Canvas)
Indicators:
The Indicator Framework describes a set of indicators for monitoring the impact of Climate City Contracts (CCC) in terms of: 1) Required Indicators: Direct Benefits – Impact on GHG emissions. and 2) Recommended Indicators: Co Benefits/ Co Risks – Indirect impact.
Required Indicators represent an integral part of the CCC process. In addition, cities are encouraged to make use of a selection of recommended indicators most applicable to their local climate neutrality target and related strategy. These are recommended to be selected based on the Impact Pathways described in cities’ CCCs, and mapped to specific actions. Cities are also welcome to add their own indicators as a support tool.
Impacts described by the indicators are to be assessed on the city level and can be mostly calculated based on standardized data sets available in almost any European city. The indicators were selected from tried, tested, and vetted sources where appropriate and the set is the result of a collaborative process involving a variety of experts from the NetZeroCities consortium.
Please note that a separate set of indicators specifically for the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme is already available through the Proposal Refinement or Reporting templates provided to all Pilot Cities.
The Indicator Framework is also accompanied by a guidance document: https://netzerocities.app/resource-4120
The Indicator Framework is also available in spreadsheet format, including the following information for each indicator: Indicator; Title; Unit of Measurement; Required or Recommended; Definition; Source; Calculation Formula; Emission Scope for GHG related Indicator NetZeroCities Comprehensive Indicator Framework Spreadsheet
Deliverables:
- Identified city needs for MEL, metrics, indicators
- Comprehensive indicator framework
- Identified climate impact indicators based on existing indicators review
- Report on assessment methodologies for planning and monitoring GHG emission reductions through urban greening and nature-based solutions
- Report on indicators & assessment methods for social innovation action plans
- Indicators for capital / finance needs and replication potential
- Evaluation report for CCC
Scientific publications: