CoAct Database

Accelerate Climate Transition (ACT)

The ACT – Assessing low-Carbon Transition® initiative assesses how ready an organization is to transition to the low-carbon economy using a future-oriented, sector specifïc methodology. It is the natural next step to bring accountability to the growing number of actions that organizations are taking to tackle climate change. Since the pilot project launched in 2015 by the founders – ADEME and CDP – ACT has received the backing of companies, investors and government departments. ACT is a joint voluntary initiative of the UNFCCC secretariat Global Climate Agenda (visit ACT on the NAZCA portal).

Summit/ Mobilisation process: UNFCCC COP21, Paris, France (2015).

Activity period	2015–present
Last CoAct update	2023
Web URL	https://actinitiative.org/
Output effectiveness	0.60
Accountability Index	0.70
Inclusiveness Index	0.53
Num. actors	647
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Standards and norms
SDGs
Themes	land use, transport, energy, industry, finance
Policy focus	Mainly mitigation
Sectors	Professional, scientific and technical activities, Administrative and support service activities
Implementation countries	Brazil, France, Japan, Mexico

Target	Target type
Develop climate accountability standards for all high emitting sectors (idntified by TCFD) as well as a generic methodology so any companies including from supply chain can use ACT methodologies to assess their decarbonisation strategies and progress towards well below 2°C economy. Target value: 16, base year 2015, target year 2022.	Other target
Develop a progress methodology to support any companies with no low carbon strategies (unmatured regarding climate accountability) including step by step process and hands on tools to apply methodology from diagnosis analysis to new low carbon strategy development and implementation. Target value: 1. Base year 2019. Target year: 2021.	Other target