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Assessment and support guide: climate solution providers

Assessing 1.5 °C compatibility, avoided emissions, positive impacts, carbon handprint, mitigation contributions, scope 4

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CDP

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Unique selling point
CDP is a well-established and likely reliable source of reporting and disclosure of user data
Objective
Global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage environmental impact
Launch year
N/A
Opportunities score
3
Challenges score
-30
N/A count
6
1.5 °C Compatibility Assessment of tools/initiatives
Opportunities
1
Help establish a dynamic solution perspective
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
2
Quick and Easy Assessment
3
Identifying acceleration potential for solutions
4
1.5 °C Compatible
5
Need focus for 11 Billion with equity encouragement (Global south agenda)
6
Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
7
+1000 and/or >10 Gigatonnes of potential solutions
8
Aligned with Mission Innovations Net-Zero Innovation Compatibility Initative
9
Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors)
Challenges
1
Lock-in Potential from the solutions
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
2
Supply and End-of-Pipe Focus
3
Excluding Transformative (System) Solutions
4
Only including technology innovations
5
Resource Intensive Solutions
6
Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs
7
Excluding other sustainability aspects (biodiversity and poverty)
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
8
No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion
9
Limiting focus to existing/traditional sectors
10
Lack of implementation in global south/no focus on 11 Billion with equity encouragement
11
No focus on clustering of solutions
1.5 °C Compability Assessment comments

Opportunities
‍1. Help establish a dynamic solution perspective: No focus on establishing a solution agenda
‍6. Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals: CDP offers services in relation to managing risks and opportunities related to water and forestry
‍9. Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors): The services provided by CDP is relevant for a wide range of actors, and could potentially be used a

Challenges
‍1. Lock-in Potential from the solutions: No filter/method to avoid lock-in has been identified
‍5. Resource Intensive Solutions: No filter/method to avoid resource intesive solution has been identified
12. No focus on clustering of solutions: Active clustering has not been identified, but given their global reach, CDP could be potential source of clustering internationally (see opportunities)

Description
1. What the assessment is meant to be used for
1. Identifying solutions
2. Support solutions
3. Strategic decisions
4. Increased positive impact
5. Investor information
6. Market/user information
7. PR/Branding/Offsetting
8. Reporting
9. Other
2. Scope of assessment
1. Avoided Emissions
2. 1.5C Compatibility
3. SDG compatibility
4. Sustainability for 11 Billion Citizens
5. Other compatibility (existential risks, etc)
6. Preselected categories of solutions
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other
3. Stakeholder focus
1. Large companies
2. SMEs/Start-ups
3. Investors
4. Policy makers
5. Other
4. Assessment activities
1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders)
2. Assessment & Internal reporting (Organizing common metrics & methodological guidelines)
3. Defining Targets (Defining strategies around specific impact goals, such as net-zero and 1.5C LED compatability)
4. Collecting and disclosing data (Advocating for and/or facilitating data transparency)
5. Standardizing evalualtion (Independent 3rd party evaluation based on publicly available data)
5. Time horizon
1. now
2. 2030
3. 2050
4. Other
6. Methodology
1. Individual LCA/assessment
2. Case studies
3. Macro assessment (solution belonging to specific area)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
7. Approach
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
8. State of development
1. Early Beta
2. Working beta/Draft
3. Working (but limited users)
4. Fully working/Published
9. Process
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
10. Assessment unit
1. Individual technologies
2. Individual solutions (economic, leagal, etc)
3. Individual companies/start-ups
4. Clusters of companies/enablers
5. Companies
6. Cities
7. Countries
8. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
9. Other
11. Solution categories
1. All possible solutions
2. Predetermined areas
3. Minimum level of avoided emission
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
12. Solution areas
1. Technical
2. Business models
3. Financial
4. Legal
5. PR/Communication
6. Policy/Governance
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other/not specific
13. Process for verifying data
1. Third party
2. Open data
3. No process/nontransparent
4. Other
5. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
6. Not clear/no info provided
14. Data provided by
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
15. 1.5 °C pathway focus
1. P1
1. P2
1. P3
1. P4
5. N/A, unknown
Scale of operations
1. Number of impact assessments
2. Total avoided emissions
3. Total number 1.5C compatible assessments
4. Number of users
5a. Other indicator of scale: Total revenue of supported organizations/companies
5 b. Other indicator of scale: Number of countries/ cities/ other worked with
5c. Other indicator of scale: Total amount of assets represented
5d. Other indicator of scale: Other
16a. Number of impact assessments
16b. Total avoided emissions
16c. Total number 1.5 °C compatible assessments
17. Organizations behind
Description comments

What the assessment is meant to be used for
8. Reporting: Discloure activities is understood as being comparable to reporting on environmental data related to a user's solution source

Scope of assessment
8. Other: Reporting/reputation protection source

Stakeholder focus
5. Other: "Investors, companies, cities, states and regions" are stated as target groups source

Time horizon 
‍1. now: The focus of the reporting/provision of data is based on current activities of users

Methodology 
5. Other: No assessments have been identified to be conducted by the company

Approach 
5. N/A: No assessment approach identify

Assessment unit
5. Companies: Explicitly stated as a target user source
6. Cities: Explicitly stated as a target user source
7. Countries: Explicitly stated as a target user source‍

Solution areas
8. Other/not specific: No specific area has been identified

‍Process for verifying data
2. Open data: CDP manages a database of their own that is used for user services source‍

Data provided by 
2. Own data base: Data is provided by CDP and presented on the website source‍

1.5 C Pathway Focus 
5. N/A, unknown: No information related to how the company works in relation to 1.5C compitability or other specific pathhas been found, however likely to focus on scope 1-3 as it's mainly focused on existing companies/solutions

Scale of operations
13 b. Other indicator of scale: Number of countries/cities/other worked with: Various actors from 90 countries uses CDP disclourse services on an annual basis source

Initial categorisation done by Mission Innovation NCI
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