5th Durban Forum on Capacity-Building
The 5th meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building was held on 20 May 2016, during the forty-fourth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. The discussions focused on: 1) …
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Experts Forum on NDC, 28-29 June 2016, Rabat | UNFCCC COP22
Executive Director and Dean, Michael Gillenwater, spoke during a panel discussion on capacity building and transparency mechanisms for mitigation in NDCs, at the Experts Forum on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), …
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New Working Paper: Transformative shift in capacity building after Paris?
We are pleased to inform you that IGES in partnership with the Coalition on Paris Agreement on Capacity Building has recently published a new working paper on international capacity building. “Can we expect a …
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Here’s what happens when companies actually track their CO2 emissions
Voluntary greenhouse gas accounting has become common in the private sector, but is it helping? The Greenhouse Gas Management Institute is quoted in this March 28th, 2016 feature article on …
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The Carbon Counters: Tracking Emissions in a Post-Paris World
In the wake of the Paris climate agreement, developing countries find themselves in need of analysts capable of monitoring their emissions. It’s a complex task, but organizations are stepping in …
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Paris climate deal hinges on better carbon accountancy
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute quoted January 26th, 2016 in Nature News. “We can’t implement this agreement without building capacity,” says John Niles, who directs the Carbon Institute, an arm of …
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Historic!!!
Wow! We witnessed history being made a couple hours ago. All of us at the GHG Management Institute are sincerely hopeful that our grandchildren will view the Paris Agreement as …
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Before Paris climate deal, a landgrab on the web
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute quoted December 12th, 2015 in Reuters: Months before the world’s nations began forging a climate accord in Paris, a California environmentalist named John Niles was digging …
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Paris climate deal might just be enough to start turning the tide on global warming
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute quoted December 12th, 2015 in The Guardian: John Niles teaches greenhouse gas accounting at the not-for-profit Greenhouse Gas Management Institute. In Paris he launched an international …
Read MoreA new space race: satellites could test the world’s climate vows
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute quoted December 10th, 2015 in Reuters article: “The real success of a deal here fundamentally revolves around whether we can see emissions and their removals,” said …
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