{"id":2209,"date":"2017-05-03T06:52:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T06:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2017-08-17T04:04:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T04:04:05","slug":"san-carlos-citys-pilot-community-level-ghg-inventory-shows-carbon-neutral-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/03\/san-carlos-citys-pilot-community-level-ghg-inventory-shows-carbon-neutral-status\/","title":{"rendered":"San Carlos City, Philippines becomes first city in its region to complete greenhouse gas emissions inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ICLEI SEAS team's courtesy call to Mayor Valmayor of San Carlos City.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Located in the Negros sub-region in Central Philippines, San Carlos City is one of 25 cities from the Philippines that committed to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy<\/a><\/span>, an international alliance\u00a0of cities and local governments that promote and support voluntary action to combat climate change and build a more resilient society.<\/p>\n

As a Global Covenant of Mayors-committed city, San Carlos has carried out its first community-level greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, with technical support from the ICLEI \u2013 Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS).<\/p>\n

Through the process, the city found that its GHG emissions in 2015 amounted to 88,330 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2<\/sub>e) from its energy, transport, agriculture and waste sectors. This is equivalent to the emissions from over 37 million liters of consumed gasoline.<\/p>\n

Despite its continued economic growth, the city has put a premium on maintaining and conserving its forest. The city has a vast forest cover of 17,868 hectares that has a calculated emissions removal capacity of 173,655.20 tCO2<\/sub>e.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the city continues to grow rapidly economically, we will continue to engage in initiatives that protect our environment. The completion of the city\u2019s GHG emissions inventory is a milestone for us. This is in line with our goal to become a green city,\u201d explains Mr. Arthur Batomalaque, Assistant Head of the City Environment Management Office (CEMO) in San Carlos City.<\/p>\n

The data gathering process across city departments and the private sector was facilitated by CEMO, following the Global Protocol for Community-scale GHG Emission Inventories (GPC), which is consistent with international standards. Conducting this community-level GHG inventory is a key step in the city\u2019s efforts to advance climate action and become a renewable energy hub in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

San Carlos City reports its greenhouse gas targets and actions to the carbonn<\/em> Climate Registry<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

This work is supported by grant funding from\u00a0<\/em>Bloomberg Philanthropies<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u00a0to ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability in support of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ICLEI SEAS team’s courtesy call to Mayor Valmayor of San Carlos City.Located in the Negros sub-region in Central Philippines, San Carlos City is one of 25 cities from the Philippines that committed to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, an international alliance\u00a0of cities and local governments that promote and support voluntary action […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}