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List of figures

Figures
Figure 1: Urban carbon cycle and its linkages with urban footprint (Seto et al., 2021) ............................2
Figure 2: In-boundary and transboundary carbon flows (Seto et al., 2021) ...............................................3
Figure 3: PAS 2080 Carbon Management Process (Construction Leadership Council, 2019) ................5
Figure 4: An integrated approach to a Net Zero carbon city (World Economic Forum, 2021)................7
Figure 5: The (a) total GHG emissions and (b) per capita GHG emissions of 167 cities. The most
recent data of cities are shown, which could be in different years (2005–2016), depending on the
data availability (Wei et al., 2021) ..................................................................................................................11
Figure 6: Sector contribution to GHG emissions of global cities (Wei et al., 2021) ................................12
Figure 7: Annual change of GHG emission in cities over 2005–2016. 1, Yokohama; 2, Vancouver;
3, Stockholm; 4, Paris; 5, Sydney; 6, San Francisco; 7, Milan; 8, Barcelona; 9, Boston; 10, New
Orleans; 11, Austin; 12, Washington, DC; 13, Copenhagen; 14, Athens; 15, L .......................................13
Figure 8: Annual change of per capita GHG emission in cities over 2005–2016. 1, Yokohama; 2,
Paris; 3, Chennai; 4, Barcelona; 5, Milan; 6, Stockholm; 7, Los Angeles; 8, Seoul; 9, New York City;
10, Vancouver; 11, San Francisco; 12, Durban; 13, Toronto; 14, Chicago ................................................14
Figure 9: The (A) absolute emission reduction target, (B) intensity target, and (C) baseline
scenario target proposed for GHGs emission mitigation in cities. (Wei et al., 2021)..............................15
Figure 10: BSC for city carbon neutrality strategic development..............................................................21

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