Climate ranking reveals top performing cities

Barcelona, London, Paris, Cape Town, Hong Kong, and San Francisco are among 43 cities to have been recognised as global climate leaders by CDP.

The international non-profit has chosen the start of EU Green Week to release its first-ever A-List of climate cities, with some 596 cities each being given a score between A and D- based on their environmental performance.

Of those cities to receive the highest score, 24 are located in North America, nine in Europe, and eight in Asia and Oceania, respectively. Cape Town was the only African city to make it onto the A-List, while Buenos Aires was similarly Latin America's sole representative.

Speaking to Cities Today, Kyra Appleby, Global Di...