The City Climate Dashboard is an innovative web platform designed to present a city’s emissions data in a format that encourages action and drives behavioral change. By using behavioral science tools, the dashboard transforms traditional sustainability reports into interactive, real-time progress trackers that motivate cities to reduce their emissions and reach climate goals. The design focuses on emissions from natural gas, electricity, and fuel consumption, allowing for a clear understanding of where emissions are coming from and how they can be reduced.

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Key Features:

• Real-Time Feedback Loop:
  • Continuously tracks the city's progress towards emissions reduction goals, providing a clear, ongoing visual representation of how the city is performing in real time.
• City Emissions Ranking:
  • Cities are ranked against neighboring cities based on their emissions data, creating a sense of competition to encourage faster progress toward sustainability.
• Key Indicators for Progress:
  • The dashboard highlights critical indicators like the ratio of electric vehicles to combustion engines and the number of EV charging stations in the city, helping track progress toward zero emissions.
• 10-Level Journey to Zero Emissions:
  • Cities are positioned along a 10-level pathway that represents the stages they must go through to reach net-zero emissions, providing a clear roadmap for action.
• Milestone Badges and Achievements:
  • Cities that reach significant milestones, such as decarbonizing 50% of buildings or having 20% of cars electric, receive digital badges as recognition of their progress.
• Milestone Calculation Tool:
  • The dashboard calculates what specific actions are needed to reach the next milestone, including how many solar panels, heat pumps, and electric vehicles are required to meet the city’s climate goals. The design focuses on emissions from natural gas, electricity, and fuel consumption, allowing for a clear understanding of where emissions are coming from and how they can be reduced.
    

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The City Climate Dashboard is designed to make emissions data accessible, actionable, and motivating, helping cities take meaningful steps toward reducing their carbon footprint and achieving sustainability milestones.