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Data Type

System	Shift	Indicator	Type
Transport	Transition to zero-carbon cars, trucks and buses	Number of displaced internal combustion engine workers who re-gained employment	Outcome
Cities	Improve urban waste management and transition to zero-waste…	Proportion of solid waste segregated into organics, dry recyclables and residual wastes	Outcome
Cities	Improve urban waste management and transition to zero-waste…	Number of countries that completed zero-waste policy reforms	Enabler and Barrier
Industry	Commercialize new solutions for cement, steel and plastics	Production of novel low-carbon cement types	Enabler and Barrier
Industry	Commercialize new solutions for cement, steel and plastics	Number of jobs in research, development and innovation for green hydrogen	Enabler and Barrier
Cities	Improve urban waste management and transition to zero-waste…	Number of cities that have launched zero-waste programs focusing on methane capture evidence	Enabler and Barrier
Circular Economy	Use products longer	Percent of citizens who have chosen alternatives to buying new products	Enabler and Barrier
Industry	Reduce demand for cement, steel and plastics	Number of countries that have adopted some form of legislation, policy or target to promote resource efficiency	Enabler and Barrier
Buildings	Optimize building energy consumption	Number of countries providing financing to access energy efficiency programs	Enabler and Barrier
Transport	Reduce avoidable vehicle and air travel	Passenger rail activity by country	Enabler and Barrier
Transport	Transition to zero-carbon shipping and aviation	Global research and development spending on zero-emission aviation	Enabler and Barrier
Industry	Reduce demand for cement, steel and plastics	Share of global cement demand under some form of legislation, policy or target to promote material efficiency and circular economy	Enabler and Barrier
Buildings	Decarbonize building energy use	Number of countries with a phase-out date for installation of new fossil fuel-based heating equipment	Enabler and Barrier
Buildings	Decarbonize building energy use	Number of jobs in manufacturing, installation, repair and maintenance of low-carbon appliances	Enabler and Barrier
Power	Modernize power grids, scale energy storage and manage…	Number of countries with efforts promoting load-shifting measures	Enabler and Barrier
Industry	Electrify industry	Share of low- and medium temperature heat that is electrified	Outcome
Finance	Extend economic and financial inclusion to underserved and…	Number of countries with climate finance equity commitments	Enabler and Barrier
Buildings	Construct zero-carbon buildings	Number of countries with a requirement for public buildings to be zero-carbon (whole life)	Enabler and Barrier
Industry	Commercialize new solutions for cement, steel and plastics	Number of jobs in research, development and innovation for low-carbon steel	Enabler and Barrier
Cities	Improve urban waste management and transition to zero-waste…	Number of cities that have zero-waste management programs	Enabler and Barrier

Power
--Phase out coal and unabated fossil gas electricity generation
--Rapidly scale up zero-carbon electricity generation
--Modernize power grids, scale energy storage and manage power demand
--Ensure energy access and a just and equitable transition for all
Cities
--Plan urban land use to reduce emissions and increase climate resilience
--Increase access to resilient and affordable urban services and infrastructure
--Improve urban waste management and transition to zero-waste cities
Technological Carbon Removal
--Scale up technological carbon removal
Circular Economy
--Decrease overconsumption
--Use recycled, reused and renewable materials and components
--Minimize environmental and social harms in resource extraction
--Make production more resource efficient
--Use products longer
--Increase the quantity and value of resources recovered at end of use
Finance
--Scale up public investment for climate and nature
--Scale up private investment for climate and nature
--Extend economic and financial inclusion to underserved and marginalized groups
--Price greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental harms
--Ensure that the financial system accounts for climate- and nature-related risks
--Eliminate harmful subsidies and investments
Industry
--Reduce demand for cement, steel and plastics
--Improve industrial energy efficiency
--Electrify industry
--Commercialize new solutions for cement, steel and plastics
--Reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations as they are phased down
Transport
--Guarantee reliable access to safe and modern mobility
--Reduce avoidable vehicle and air travel
--Shift to public, shared and non-motorized transport
--Transition to zero-carbon cars, trucks and buses
--Transition to zero-carbon shipping and aviation
Buildings
--Optimize building energy consumption
--Decarbonize building energy use
--Construct zero-carbon buildings

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