Ensure that adequate version control procedures for electronic files have been. Protocol for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions from anaerobic manure digesters introduction the purpose of this protocol is to address the measurement and verification of methane emissions reductions from the combustion of biogas for the chicago. The purpose was to see climate change impacts in the wider context of the transition impacts of ebrd projects. Mtpscs appendix e7 greenhouse gas regional inventory protocol. A corporate accounting and reporting standard ghg protocol developed by the world resources institute wri and the world business council for sustainable development wbcsd. This star report is available at the following address. The centers ghg guidance is meant to expand upon the ghg protocol to align more closely with epaspecific ghg calculation methodologies and emission factors, and to support the centers ghg management tools and its climate leadership awards initiative. Intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc, fourth assessment. The centers ghg guidance is meant to extend upon the ghg protocol to align more closely with epaspecific ghg calculation. The greenhouse gas protocol is a common approach to emissions reporting set out by independent bodies, the world resources institute wri and the world business council for sustainable development wbcsd. United nations framework convention on climate change over the last three decades, all greenhouse gas emissions increased by an average of 1. The greenhouse gas intensity metrics are the sum of our scope 1 and locationbased scope 2 emissions in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent divided by revenue in million u.
Ghg protocol has become common language and practice today. Indeed, governments and scientists began talking seriously about radical cuts to greenhouse gas emissions in 1988 the exact year that marked the dawning of what came to be called globalisation, with the signing of the agreement representing the worlds largest bilateral trade relationship between canada and the us, later to be. Estimating baseline emissionsprojectspecific procedure. Highwood line in figure 1 is the instrumental record which stretches back approximately 140 years, the blue line is the reconstructed temperature deduced from tree rings, ice. Ghg protocol guidance on uncertainty assessment in ghg. The following list shall replace the list under the heading greenhouse gases in annex a to the protocol. Ghg protocol for project accounting greenhouse gas protocol.
Aluminium carbon footprint technical support document. A corporate accounting and reporting standard, revised edition the protocol. The ghg protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations preparing a corporatelevel ghg emissions inventory. Ebrd protocol for assessment of greenhouse gas emissions background the ebrd first published an assessment of the impact of its investments on greenhouse gas emissions in 2003. Without the greenhouse effect the earths average global temperature would be much colder and life on earth as we know. The assessment also aimed to answer the simple question. Accounting and reporting protocol for avoided greenhouse gas emissions along the value chain of cementbased products version 1. Global warming potential values the following table includes the 100year time horizon global warming potentials gwp relative to co2. Relationship of the guidance to other greenhouse gas reporting requirements and. Emission trends for aggregated greenhouse gas emissions.
At the third conference of the parties cop 3 to the united nations framework convention on. The standard covers the accounting and reporting of seven greenhouse gases covered by the kyoto protocol carbon dioxide co2, methane ch4, nitrous oxide. Protocol for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions from. New zealand greenhouse gas inventory 2019 ministry for the. The ar5 values are the most recent, but the second assessment report 1995 and fourth. The largest growth in greenhouse gas emissions has come from energy supply and road transport. It allows user to address the emissions outside of ones organisational walls from the goods it purchases to the disposal of the products it sells. Our tools enable companies to develop comprehensive and reliable inventories of their ghg emissions. The data was compiled in accordance with the greenhouse gas protocol. Hendersonsellers the greenhouse effect is now commonly accepted by the scientific community, politicians and the general public. United nations framework convention on climate change the parties to this convention, acknowledging that change in the earths climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind, concerned that human activities have been substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gas protocol mitigation goals accounting and. Information on greenhouse gas emissions and trends, greenhouse gas.
Guidelines for estimating greenhouse gas emissions of. Wallington, jayaraman srinivasan, ole john nielsen, ellie j. Building on a 20 year partnership between world resources institute wri and the world business council for sustainable development wbcsd, ghg protocol. However, the misnomer greenhouse effect has perpetuated, and there are a number of aspects of the effect which are poorly understood outside the atmospheric sciences.
World resources institute world business council for sustainable development wriwbcsd summary text. Greenhouse gas protocol provides the worlds most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standards for companies. Ghg protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard this document, which. Our climate progress updated january 2020 methodology the ge greenhouse gas ghg inventory follows the world resources institute world business council for sustainable development wriwbcsd greenhouse gas protocol. Epa center for corporate climate leaderships the center greenhouse gas guidance is based on the greenhouse gas protocol. When in doubt about applying the tools explained in this guide to. Learn about key greenhouse gases and their sources, as well greenhouse gas emissions at the global, national, facility,and household level. The emission factors listed in this document source. Greenhouse gas management program overview greehouse gases trap heat in the lower atmosphere, warming the earths surface temperature. Greenhouse gas protocol allows and to some extent even encourages companies to use data of other areas, either smaller or bigger than a country. Global protocol for communityscale greenhouse gas emission inventoriesgpc. Global warming potential values greenhouse gas protocol. This protocol is considered current best practice for corporate or organisational greenhouse gas emissions reporting.
The purchase of renewable energy can be accounted for as 0 emissions. Ensure that adequate version control procedures for electronic files have. The protocol provides requirements and methods for quantifying the net climate benefits of activities that sequester carbon on forestland. An accurate and useful inventory can only be developed after careful attention to quality control issues and to the activity data required. Greenhouse gas benefits of fuels treatments 4 wood products concrete, steel biochar fertilizer, water avoided fossil fuel energy renewable energy electricity. Federal greenhouse gas accounting and reporting guidance. The lgo inventory followed additional guidance provided in the. The protocol consists of a manual in pdf format and a calculation tool in.
Greenhouse gas protocol provides standards and tools that help countries and cities track progress toward climate goals. Guide to greenhouse gas management for small business. Accounting and reporting protocol for avoided greenhouse. Environmental and ecological chemistry greenhouse gases and global warming timothy j.
An official website of the united states government. The standard covers the accounting and reporting of seven greenhouse gases covered by the kyoto protocol carbon dioxide co2, methane ch4, nitrous oxide n2o, hydrofluorocarbons hfcs, perfluorocarbons. Greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading scheme eu ets. Corporate reporting of greenhouse gas emissions is steadily increasing. International aluminium institute the aluminium sector addendum to the wbcsdwri greenhouse gas protocol introduction this document, the international aluminium institute iai aluminium sector addendum to the wbcsdwri greenhouse gas protocol, maintains, as an underlying premise, that the international aluminium industry generally accepts and endorses the greenhouse gas. Scope and boundary definition cms applies the industry standard greenhouse gas protocol guidelines to this emissions. Ebrd protocol for assessment of greenhouse gas emissions. The study report on the greenhouse gases and their impact on global warming.
The protocol provides offset project eligibility rules. The framework of the greenhouse gas protocol classi. The centers ghg guidance is meant to extend upon the ghg protocol to align more closely with epaspecific ghg calculation methodologies and emission factors, and to support the centers ghg management tools and its climate leadership awards initiative. Regional greenhouse gas initiative offset protocol u. Epa center for corporate climate leaderships the center ghg guidance is based on the greenhouse gas protocol. Guidance on measuring and reporting greenhouse gas ghg. What impact is the bank having, through its investments, on the buildup of greenhouse gases in the. United nations framework convention on climate change. Photo from istock11814587 managing and mitigating greenhouse gases involves a constantly evolving process for inventorying, targeting, and reducing emissions. A corporate accounting and reporting standard the ghg protocol or iso. Ozone depleting substances include a number of different compounds such as cfcs, hcfcs, and halons, all of which have global warming potentials.
A series of tools for calculating ghg emissions inventories based on 2006 ipcc guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories. Ghg emissions have been reported by the three wbcsdwri scopes. It is a way for the ghg protocol to recognize those sector guidance documents, product rules, and calculation tools that have been developed in conformance with. Guidelines for estimating greenhouse gas emissions of asian development bank projects. The parties included in annex i shall strive to implement policies and measures under. The greenhouse gas protocol corporate value chain scope 3 accounting and reporting standard 20 offers an internationally accepted method to enable ghg management of companies value chains. Two additional documents are joined to the protocol. This protocol is a tool for quantifying and reporting a greenhouse gas inventory. Guidance for voluntary greenhouse gas reporting ministry for the.
Background study into greenhouse gas emissions from the. For the marketbased number, the guarantee of origin is the carrier of greenhouse gas emissions. All values are calculated from tables a104 through a110. Background on the kyoto protocol and flexible mechanisms the possibility of global climate change resulting from an increase in greenhouse gas ghg concentrations in the atmosphere is a major global concern. Greenhouse gas inventories and additional information. Principles of greenhouse gas accounting the ghg protocol is based on five principles. Gases are converted to co 2e by multiplying by their global warming potential gwp. Framework convention on climate change and the kyoto protocol. The greenhouse gas protocol framework figure 1 provides for specification on the six 6 major steps in the ghg accounting and reporting process, beginning with a setting your entitys boundary to b identifying emissions sources within the boundary, d to.
This table is adapted from the ipcc fifth assessment report, 2014 ar5i. Both inventories are aligned with the requirements of the international of mayorscompact, which somerville joined in september 2015. Driving a greenhouse gas offset protocol 5 developer needs offsets fuel treatment project a fuel treatments more expensive to conduct than value of wood products. Uncertainties associated with greenhouse gas inventories can be broadly categorized into scientific uncertainty and estimation uncertainty.