Click here to download a PDF of this article Introduction Collectively as GHG professionals, we are confused about what an “emission reduction” is. This confusion is interwoven within several of …
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Click here to download a PDF of this article Introduction For the last few years, through our writing and teaching, the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute has been spreading and elevating …
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Preface This post continues a series (“what is greenhouse gas accounting?”) exploring conceptual issues in corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. If you have not read the series, all installments are …
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas (GHG) causing long-term atmospheric emissions and climate change and therefore is a primary target for mitigation action. Methane (CH4) and other non-CO2 …
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The problem of compensatory net zero At the moment, “net zero” is about as popular a fad as we have ever seen in the climate space.[1] Before that there was …
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Are corporate Scope 3 emissions far greater than Scopes 1 or 2? The short answer is that the question is meaningless because the Scope 3 does not measure anything that …
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Installment N.4 Preface This installment extends the discussion from installment N.3 on emissions allocation in GHG inventories. Unfortunately, you will need to read the prior installments in this “What is …
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What do you get by mashing together ideas from corporate cost accounting with dreams of a universal carbon pricing mechanism and try to apply it through sustainability disclosures of corporate …
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Installment N. -1 Preface This installment can be considered equivalent to a movie prequel that provides the “backstory” for the other installments in the “What is GHG Accounting?” series. …
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Installment N.3 bis Preface This installment supplements the previous installment on emissions allocation. Here I address two conceptual hurdles that you may be struggling to jump over—responsibility and causation. Understanding …
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