Greenhouse gases

Measuring Organisational Carbon Footprint, ISO 14064

– 20th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs

ISO 14064: an emerging standard on Greenhouse Gas
accounting and verification is the title of a working paper on ISO’s latest GHG standard. The paper from Kevin Boehmer, Canadian Standards Association and
Secretary for the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change and
Aleg Cherp, ECOLOGIA and Central European University
Budapest and an expert on the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change, takes a closer look at the development of ISO 14064, the voluntary standard for organisations looking to measure and report on their organisation’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

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How to curb CO2 emission in shipping industry?

– 25th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan

The international maritime transport community expects the annual volume of green-house gasses (GHG) emitted by commercial shipping to grow 55% to 1,345 metric tonnes (Mt) by 2020.
In 2007, global shipping’s GHG emissions reached 870 Mt — or roughly equivalent to Germany’s production over the same period – but that figure is expected to quadruple by [...]

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Carbon emissions to soar unless we invest between now and 2030

– 12th Oct 2009

New Energy Finance and the World Economic Forum have warned that unless at least $515bn per annum is invested in clean energy between now and 2030, carbon emissions will reach a level deemed unsustainable by scientists, causing temperatures to rise by two degrees globally.

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Kyoto Protocol is not perfect, but effective

– 3rd Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan

With the Copenhagen round less than three months away, it’s easy to forget that Kyoto – signed by 37 industrialised countries and the European Union — is nearing its 12th birthday. Its critics argue that few signatory nations will meet their binding five-year targets to reduce by 5% their county’s green house emissions by [...]

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August 31st Registration Deadline for Australian Businesses under the NGER Act

– 27th Aug 2009 by Madlen King

A press release made yesterday by Mr Combet, the Australian Minister for Climate Change, reminds Australian businesses that are required to report their annual greenhouse gas emissions and energy thresholds, that they have until next Monday to register under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Act 2007.
The NGER Act sets thresholds for greenhouse gas [...]

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South Korea and Mexico set carbon emissions targets

– 7th Aug 2009

South Korea and Mexico have announced that they will set carbon emission targets ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen this December, Environmental Leader reports.

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Verification Program Manual - a standardised approach for independent and rigorous verification of GHG emissions

– 24th Jun 2009

The Climate Action Reserve has released the final version of the Verification Program Manual. This document provides verification bodies with a standardized approach for the independent and rigorous verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and removals.

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Business Assurance Thought and Link of the Day, March 27th, 2009

– 27th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs

Today’s Business Assurance link of the day is to a website that sets out to dispel the myths associated with the paper industry, “There are two sides to every paper.”

Today’s Business Assurance thought of the day is

Modern paper mills producing virgin fibre paper, whose energy source is nuclear, hydro or internally bio-fuelled, may well have a lower carbon footprint than a mill making recycled paper, powered by fossil fuels.

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Carbon Disclosure Project Reports

– 12th Mar 2009 by Madlen King

The Carbon Disclosure Project has just released two new reports, available at
www.cdproject.net/reports.asp
The CDP Public Procurement Report, which reveals the power of the public sector to use procurement to transform the UK to a low carbon economy. For the first time, local and central government are collaborating to maintain a resilient and sustainable supply chain by [...]

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The Acidic Oceans of Climate Change

– 12th Mar 2009 by Madlen King

Scientists at Bristol University predict that dangerous levels of acidification in the planet’s oceans, the Guardian reports. This increase is believed to be caused by the increasing quantities of carbon dioxide emitted into our atmosphere.   The results of the research will be reported at a climate change conference in Copenhagen this week.

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