Tool: SCATTER

SCATTER is an online tool developed by sustainability consultant Anthesis providing GHG emissions data and climate action planning functionalities for United Kingdom local authorities.

Specifications

Suitable for which city climate journey stage?	Establishing an emissions baseline
Tool strengths	- Aligned with GPC and CRF - Publicly available methodology - Does not require data input or resource efforts from users - Provides a comprehensive inventory across most scopes and sectors - GHG emissions data is integrated into carbon reduction pathways planning tool
Tool limitations	- No functionality for cities to input their own local data to improve the accuracy of the output - Only available for local authorities in United Kingdom
Geographic location/countries	United Kingdom
Language	English
Accessibility	Free to use for United Kingdom local authorities
Methodology	Activity data is downscaled from United Kingdom national government statistics and multiplied together with national emission factors to calculate emissions for all United Kingdom local authorities.
Documentation of methodology	https://scattercities.com/pages/methodology/
Data quality/verified by 3rd party	The data is not formally verified but SCATTER follows a quality assurance/quality control procedure on the inventory analysis.
Alignment with global standards and protocols (eg GPC and CRF )	Aligned with GPC and CRF
Emissions scopes	1, 2 and some some Scope 3 subsectors
GHGs	CO2, CH4, N2O
Sectors included	Stationary energy, transport, waste, AFOLU and IPPU
Scopes, GHGs and sectors excluded	GHGs: HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3. Some scope 3 emissions sources.
Temporal resolution	Annual
Spatial resolution	City boundary
Functionality for city to make adjustments	No functionality for cities to input their own local emissions data.
Latest accounting year	2019
Frequency of data updates	Unknown
Units	Metric tonnes (t CO2e)
Using the tool, data outputs and how it can be exported	Cities can register to use the tool on the SCATTER website. From there, the pre-populated data can be exported as an excel spreadsheet in the CRF format. The output results in a baseline inventory that satisfies GCoM and is aligned with the format of the CRF.
Additional tool functionalities	Provides additional functionalities to model carbon reduction pathways to help local authorities plan their climate action.