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Alternative Approaches to Corporate GHG Accounting

September 6, 2024, by Michael Gillenwater

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

September 2, 2024, by Michael Gillenwater

“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

Methodological progress in the measurement of agricultural greenhouse gases

June 17, 2024, by Carbon Management Journal

“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

January 29, 2024, by Carbon Management Journal

“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

December 19, 2023, by Carbon Management Journal

“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

October 26, 2023, by Carbon Management Journal

“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

September 11, 2023, by Carbon Management Journal

“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

November 2, 2022, by Carbon Management Journal

“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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Forest Carbon in Indigenous Territories and Protected Natural Areas

April 22, 2022, by Carbon Management Journal

“Carbon sequestration is a widely acknowledged and increasingly valued function of tropical forest ecosystems; however, until recently, the information needed to assess the carbon storage capacity of Amazonian indigenous territories …

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Journal Announces New Editorial Board Members

April 8, 2022, by Michael Gillenwater

We are proud to announce new editorial board members for Carbon Management, the peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the GHG Management Institute. The members of the journal’s editorial board represent …

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