ICLEI USA, in partnership with the Clinton Foundation and Microsoft, is developing an Internet-based software tool for local governments to accurately calculate their greenhouse gas emissions, track progress and support global comparative analysis between local government users.

The new software builds upon ICLEI’s earlier software including the widely used Clean Air Climate Protection (CACP) software and the multinational Harmonized Emissions Analysis Tool (HEAT).

By combining the Local Government Greenhouse Gas Protocol and software efforts, ICLEI along with our partners will establish a global standard accounting framework and common software platform so cities can share data on emissions and measures designed to reduce emissions.

The software will be released in 2009 to the ICLEI Network and C40, a group of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change.