Peer-Review Training Opportunity
*Update: This training will be postponed until Q1 2025. Please look out for new registration details once the dates are confirmed.* Are you a Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) alum …
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Is impact out of scope? A call for innovation in climate standards
“Today’s global net-zero governance landscape fails to recognize some of the most important strategic actions companies can take to mitigate climate change. Standards have been built primarily to guide companies …
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Alternative Approaches to Corporate GHG Accounting
The rise of the salience of corporate climate disclosures, specifically reporting on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance, has highlighted the limitations of current corporate GHG reporting protocols and spawned proposals …
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Demystifying carbon removals in the context of offsetting for sub-global net-zero targets
“The net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions concept is emerging as a fundamental principle for initiatives to address climate change ranging from global to corporate scale. Offsetting emissions using carbon credits …
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Methodological progress in the measurement of agricultural greenhouse gases
“Fossil fuels, land use, and agriculture are the three major sources contributing to the rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs). Agricultural activities including the production of rice, animal raising, and …
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The distortionary effects of unconstrained for-profit CO2 removal and the need for early governance intervention
“Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is an emerging activity with extremely limited deployment to date, but which is mathematically required to achieve net (rather than true) zero or negative anthropogenic contribution …
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Methods that equate temporary carbon storage with permanent CO2 emission reductions lead to false claims
“There has been renewed interest in equating temporary carbon storage with permanent CO2 emission reductions, both within corporate GHG inventories and for carbon offset accounting. Proposed methods discount future emissions, such …
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Policy challenges to enhance soil carbon sinks: U.S. contributions to the Paris agreement
“The U.S. government is planning significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as part of their nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement. The plan includes a variety of activities, one …
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A fit-for-purpose approach for reporting and review under UNFCCC’s Enhanced Transparency Framework
“Parties, expert review teams and the secretariat have worked diligently over the past decades to implement a transparency system that responds to the decisions of Parties. The existing system has …
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CO2 emissions from biomass combustion – accounting under the UNFCCC
“Many Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are envisaging the use of significant amounts of biomass as a primary source in their energy supply. The …
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