I bet our emissions are lower than yours!
I am proud to announce the Institute’s first greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions inventory report . As a leader in education and professional development on GHG management, one of the Institute’s …
Read MoreWhat will break the climate policy log jam? And what do we do in the meantime?
Earlier this month the European Environment Agency (EEA) released a report (http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/progress-towards-kyoto/) detailing Europe’s progress towards emission targets set under the Kyoto Protocol. Europe’s relative success in limiting its emissions …
Read MoreSink or Swim? Given the political reality of climate change policy, what do we do now?
The environmental community at the international level and here in Washington DC is coming to terms with failure. It is well accepted that global action to address greenhouse gas emissions …
Read MoreThe verdict on “Climategate”
We now have ample evidence to come to firm conclusions about the much-discussed controversy and manufactured scandals surrounding climate change science. Instead of recreating the wheel, I am simply going …
Read MoreWho is building our global GHG MRV infrastructure?
Sometimes it feels quite lonely here at GHG Management Institute headquarters. Toiling away trying to do what we think is needed to support the future of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation …
Read MoreWhat is different about methane (CH4) emissions? The forgotten CO2 in GHG emissions accounting
In this third blog post on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and Global Warning Potential (GWP) values, I want to focus on a unique characteristic of methane (CH4). I would venture …
Read MoreWho is building our global GHG MRV infrastructure?
Sometimes it feels quite lonely here at GHG Management Institute headquarters. Toiling away trying to do what we think is needed to support the future of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation …
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What is a Global Warming Potential? And which one do I use?
[Editor’s Note: This blog post was originally published on 28 June 2010. The post, in its current form, has been updated as of 8 May 2023 to reflect the final …
Read MoreWhat are Greenhouse Gases?
[Editor’s Note: This blog post was originally published on June 15th, 2010. The post in its current form, has since been edited to include updated content as of April 1st, …
Read MoreWhat is a voluntary carbon market (Part 2)?
I promised in a recent blog post to return to the question of what is a voluntary carbon market. Specifically, I laid out a framework for thinking about voluntary carbon …
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