Questionnaire changes map for disclosing Cities, States and Regions

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This article is for disclosing cities, states and regions and details the changes to the CDP Cities and States and Regions questionnaires between the 2024 and 2025 disclosure cycles.

Contents

Overview
Breakdown of question changes
Module 1. Governance
Module 2. Assessment – Climate Risk and Vulnerability
Module 3. Assessment – Emissions Inventory
Module 4. Assessment – Sectoral Data
Module 5-7. Targets – Adaptation, Goals, Mitigation, Sectors
Module 8. Planning
Module 9. Actions
Module 10. Forest
Module 11. Further information

Overview

The 2025 Cities, States and Regions questionnaires changes map outlines the key developments to the questionnaires and includes the following information:

2025 question number
Which questionnaire? 2025 question numbers are the same across the Cities and States and Regions questionnaires, but not all questions and columns are shown in each. This details which questionnaire the question is shown in.
Change: The level of change the question has undergone. These changes are defined as follows:

No change: no change has been made to a past question. This does not include question numbers.
No change to question, additional guidance: no change has been made to a past question, but existing guidance has been expanded beyond minor edits, or new guidance has been added e.g. resources in an Additional Information section.
Minor change: small changes have been made to a past question e.g. some new dropdowns, or a change to the question text. Where the guidance has also changed, this is indicated.
Modified question: substantive changes have been made to a past question e.g. a significant edit to dropdown options or columns. It can be assumed that modified questions will also have additional/modified guidance.
Revised question dependency: no changes made except to question-to-question dependencies, altering what questions/columns will drive this question to appear.
Summary of Changes: Where relevant an overview of the key changes is provided.

Note on pre-filled questionnaire: If you submitted a response to the 2024 questionnaires, your answers will be auto populated into your 2025 questionnaire where possible. Answers will not be pre-filled for questions where you did not previously submit a response, or for new columns. Attachments are not transferred from the previous cycle.

We encourage you to review auto-populated responses carefully. It is your responsibility to ensure your answers are updated for the accuracy and completeness of your 2025 response.

Breakdown of question changes

Module 1. Governance

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
1.1	Cities States and Regions	1.1	N/A
1.2	Cities States and Regions	1.2	No change
1.3	Cities States and Regions	1.3	No change
1.4	Cities States and Regions	1.4	No change
1.5	Cities States and Regions	1.5	No change
1.6	Cities States and Regions	1.6	No change

Module 2. Assessment – Climate Risk and Vulnerability

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
2.1	Cities States and Regions	2.1	No change
2.1.1	Cities States and Regions	2.1.1	No change
2.2	Cities States and Regions	2.2	No change
2.3	Cities States and Regions	2.3	No change

Module 3. Assessment – Emissions Inventory

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
3.1	Cities States and Regions	3.1	No change
3.1.1	Cities States and Regions	3.1.1	No change
3.1.2	Cities	3.1.2	No change
3.1.3	Cities	3.1.3	No change
3.1.4	Cities States and Regions	3.1.4	No change
3.2	Cities	3.2	No change
3.3	Cities	3.3	No change
3.3.1	Cities	3.3.1	No change
3.3.2	Cities	3.3.2	No change

Module 4. Assessment – Sectoral Data

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
4.1	Cities States and Regions	4.1	No change
4.1.1	Cities	4.1.1	No change
4.1.2	Cities	4.1.2	No change
4.1.3	Cities States and Regions	4.1.3	No change
4.1.4	Cities	4.1.4	No change
4.2	Cities	4.2	No change
4.3	Cities	4.3	No change
4.4	Cities	4.4	No change
4.5	Cities States and Regions	4.5	No change
4.6	Cities	4.6	No change
4.7	Cities States and Regions	4.7	No change
4.8	Cities States and Regions	4.8	No change
4.9	Cities	4.9	No change
4.10	Cities States and Regions	4.10	No change
4.11	Cities States and Regions	4.11	No change
4.12	Cities	4.12	No change
4.13	Cities	4.13	No change

Modules 5-7. Targets – Adaptation Goals, Mitigation, Sectors

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
5.1	Cities States and Regions	5.1	No change
5.1.1	Cities States and Regions	5.1.1	No change
6.1	Cities States and Regions	6.1	No change
6.1.1	Cities States and Regions	6.1.1	Minor change	Column "Is this target a net zero target?" now mandatory. Conflicting option in column "Specify if target is considered a science-based target (SBT) and the SBT methodology it aligns to" now removed.
6.1.2	Cities States and Regions	6.1.2	No change
6.1.3	States and Regions	6.1.3	No change
6.1.4	States and Regions	6.1.4	No change
7.1	Cities States and Regions	7.1	Minor change	Option to report no energy-related or other environment related target added.

Module 8. Planning

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
8.1	Cities States and Regions	8.1	No change
8.1.1	Cities States and Regions	8.1.1	No change
8.2	Cities States and Regions	8.2	No change
8.3	Cities	8.3	No change
8.4	Cities States and Regions	8.4	No change

Module 9. Actions

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
9.1	Cities States and Regions	9.1	No change
9.2	Cities States and Regions	9.2	No change
9.3	Cities States and Regions	9.3	No change
9.4	Cities States and Regions	9.4	No change

Module 10. Forest

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
10.1	States and Regions	10.1	No change
10.1.1	States and Regions	10.1.1	No change
10.2	States and Regions	10.2	No change
10.3	States and Regions	10.3	No change
10.4	States and Regions	10.4	No change
10.5	States and Regions	10.5	No change
10.5.1	States and Regions	10.5.1	No change
10.5.2	States and Regions	10.5.2	No change
10.6	States and Regions	10.6	No change
10.6.1	States and Regions	10.6.1	No change
10.7	States and Regions	10.7	No change
10.8	States and Regions	10.8	No change
10.8.1	States and Regions	10.8.1	No change
10.9	States and Regions	10.9	No change
10.9.1	States and Regions	10.9.1	No change
10.10	States and Regions	10.10	No change
10.10.1	States and Regions	10.10.1	No change
10.10.2	States and Regions	10.10.2	No change
10.11	States and Regions	10.11	No change
10.11.1	States and Regions	10.11.1	No change
10.12	States and Regions	10.12	No change
10.12.1	States and Regions	10.12.1	No change

Module 11. Further Information

2025 question number	Which questionnaire?	2024 question number	Change	Summary of changes
11.1	Cities States and Regions	11.1	No change
11.2	Cities	11.2	No change

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Questionnaire changes map for disclosing Cities, States and Regions

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