A Web-Based Service Supporting Local Governments in SECAP Implementation activities

Tackling climate change is of the utmost importance in governments' agendas. The abundance of climate related data becoming available, being published by local authorities and other sources, the digitisation of government systems under the open governance principles, and innovative data-driven services, make available resourceful and previously unseen applications that can greatly support decision-making processes. In this paper, a web-based service, to support local governments in their Sustainable Energy Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) implementation, is presented. The service incorporates open data, published from over 200 local governments, under a unified system. Data driven analytics services to classify them, compare them and recommend optimal policy actions to improve their climate change adaptation and mitigation actions are incorporated in a user-friendly application. The service aims to provide unique and tailor-made insights to local governments, monitor and follow up on their SECAPs implementation, and support their decision making processes as part of activities to tackle climate change effects they are facing.